Along with researching gravitational waves, Holz heads the Science and Security Board at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

Third-year undergraduate Isabelle “Izzy” Connor and two Ph.D. candidates at other universities have recently won awards to further their research in astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz.

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding?

Astronomers have detected molecules on exoplanet K2-18b that may have been produced by simple organisms, claiming it's the ...

Astronomers have a lot of thoughts about the latest paper claiming we’ve found the strongest hints of alien life yet on the distant planet K2 18b.

Using the Webb telescope, scientists have discovered the strongest signs of alien life to date — but NASA has nothing to say ...

There are plenty of celestial landmarks you can see with the naked eye, and this month, you can view Mars and four of Jupiter’s 95 moons.

Scientists detect potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, marking what researchers call the "strongest evidence" yet of life.

Imagine giant slushy hailstones made of ammonia and water wrapped in a shell of ice, plunging through Jupiter’s atmosphere in ...