In this programme on eco-anxiety, we’ll be learning some useful vocabulary related to this worrying topic… and hopefully be hearing on some happier environmental news as well. Knowing exactly how to ...

NASA’s tally of alien worlds has just hit 6,000 — a staggering milestone reached in only three decades of searching beyond our solar system. From gas giants to rocky super-Earths, the discoveries ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

Scientists say this does not include more than 8,000 additional candidate planets awaiting confirmation. The post NASA ...

Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept. 18) to see live views from the organization's robotic telescopes located ...

One Redditor shares how they're embracing off-grid living in rural Maine — an inspiring look at how to live with less.

Spiral arms are crowded regions of space filled with stars, dust, and gas. As the solar system traveled through them, ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

Cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and his wife Kelly, a parasitologist, publish 'A City on Mars', where they mock Elon Musk's ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure diabetes and more.