Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

"While it's hard to say what makes something more likely to have life, identifying where to look is the first key step." ...

Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a video of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, constructed from images taken by a probe ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

One of NASA’s spacecraft could reenter the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 P.M. EDT tonight. The agency has warned that there is a one-in-4,200 risk of harm to people as a result of potential debris.

In 2012, NASA launched two probes into space: Van Allen Probe A and Van Allen Probe B. Their goal was to collect data on charged particles passing through Earth’s magnetic field. Those particles can ...

Space scientists have released a new image of the enigmatic space rock that traveled through our solar system. Researchers revealed the photograph shows the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - speculated to ...

President Trump on Thursday directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of public fascination — and spawned more ...

President Donald Trump said he will direct the release of government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life and unidentified aerial phenomena, saying there is "tremendous interest" in the ...