Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Globe and Mail journalist Mark Medley’s book delves into stories of seemingly impossible goals from around the world ...

Proxima Centauri B, an exoplanet 4.25 light-years away, may be tidally locked and exposed to extreme stellar radiation.

Plus Jon Willis’s “The Pale Blue Data Point.” ...

Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor, yet it lies 40 trillion kilometers away. Using current technology like ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of astronomical object, calling the strange entity a 'window into the dark universe'.

It also pushed them to tighten their standards, especially when the conversation shifts from “interesting chemistry” to ...

As the New Year 2026 launches, only two bright planets, Saturn and Jupiter, are visible in the entire night sky.

It’s likely just an evolutionary development to keep us out of harm’s way, but the horror genre is very good at using it ...

What can star variability—changes in a star's brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal ...

It took the last traces of Homo sapiens 10,000 desperate years to reach the semi-oxygenated rock orbiting Proxima Centauri. Widely known as a cosy bothy among the stars, it was a place where stellar ...