Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

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Scientists say moons around rogue planets wandering through the galaxy could remain warm enough for life thanks to tidal heating and hydrogen-rich atmospheres. These dark, starless worlds may have had ...

For years, the search for alien life has focused on Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. But this episode explores a more surprising possibility: giant moons circling massive worlds may offer ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a remarkable difference between sunrise and sunset on the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121 b. (An artist’s impression of WASP-121 b.) Credit: Mikal Evans James ...

Using the Keck Observatory, astronomers measured the spins of dozens of giant planets and brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars. They found that giant planets can spin faster than much more massive ...

Steven Spielberg isn't just the director of several classic movies featuring aliens. He's also a believer. His father, Arnold Spielberg, was an electrical engineer and big science fiction reader who ...

The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) cases spanning the 1940s to the present, along with the new Steven Spielberg ...

The 1980s were one of the wildest years when it came to TV shows. The decade spawned creative concepts that were wonderfully unique and resulted in several now-classic series. Science fiction was a ...

The planetary alignment will be visible in the western sky after sunset from June 11 to June 15. While the term "planet parade" is not official, it refers to when multiple planets appear to line up in ...

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ...