For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

There’s the infamous zoo hypothesis, which supposes that advanced aliens know about our planet but stay away to let us evolve ...

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps of a mysterious form of matter, known as ...

PoET and ESPRESSO telescopes are new tools that will eliminate stellar noise and detect Earth-like planets around Sun-like ...

By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

A chat with former Halo Wars creator James Miller about his new space 4X, which strikes a careful balance between realism and ...

New AI-enhanced images of Sgr A*, showing that our galaxy's black hole spins rapidly and tilts slightly toward Earth.

On October 18, 2025, the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, installed on the VISTA telescope at ...

Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter, thought to make up more than one-quarter of the ...

Kiwis and tourists should be treating the Wairarapa less as a stopover and more of a destination, according to Lonely Planet’s new guide.

This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...