Hank and Tabetha discuss the mysterious star kic 8462852 and what might explain its odd behavior (It's probably not an alien ...

Dubbed HD 137010 b, the planet might fall just within the outer edges of its star's 'habitable zone', meaning there could be liquid water on its surface and a suitable atmosphere for life.

The Dyson Sphere is a theoretical megastructure proposed to surround a star and capture its full energy output. While some designs imagine a solid shell, most scientific analyses consider a “swarm” of ...

Astronomers witnessed a star emitting as much energy in mere moments as our sun puts out in a few months. The dramatic ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.

New theoretical models have strengthened the case that immense, energy-harvesting structures orbiting their host stars could ...

Although Marina Sirtis didn’t wear any prosthetic space alien makeup in Star Trek: The Next Generation, any of the feature films, or Picard, the truth is, like Spock before her, the character of ...

Our universe does host life, but another one might be even better suited for life. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers are studying how hospitable our universe is to ...

Sci-fi movies are everywhere these days, and the streaming era has made it easier than ever to unearth many of the genre's latest and greatest offerings. Sure, there are plenty of older sci-fi movies ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...