$1 million awarded through the SETI Institute’s STRIDE (Support Technology, Research, Innovation, Development, and Education) ...

Estimating the chance of getting a message from life beyond Earth, say within the next decade, isn’t easy. Even the best experts are reluctant to offer precise odds. “Anybody who gave you a figure ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A yellowish-orange glow bathes Phainoterra, a planet of dramatic ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

Astronomers have captured the sharpest, most detailed images yet of young solar systems where planets are just beginning to take shape. Exquisite snapshots released on April 28 provide a rare glimpse ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is ...

A 15-year-old student on work experience at Keele University, Tom Wagg, discovered WASP-142b by noticing a subtle drop in ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

The film adaptation of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary has positioned itself as a serious science fiction effort, one that consulted real space scientists and drew from actual astrophysics research. But ...

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.