A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according ...

A Stanford scientist's model suggests many small rocky planets can't sustain atmospheres, potentially explaining the scarcity ...

New footage, release plans, and creative insights highlighted a festival presentation centered on noir, ghosts, and Wonka.

Ray Gunn, the animated sci-fi detective thriller from director Brad Bird, has officially set a release day on one of the ...

Venus' bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its axis has long puzzled planetary scientists. But in a new ...

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the ...

As it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunctions in the sky are the same that are critical for life to survive on Earth.

A rare daytime occultation will see a thin crescent moon pass directly in front of dazzling Venus on June 17.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers are already out shortly after sunset observing ...