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If humanity ever leaves the solar system, it will not be for curiosity alone. It will be because survival demands it. Proxima ...

A new survey maps nearby K-type stars and shows why these long-lived, stable stars are important targets in the search for ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds ...

New research casts doubt on the prospects for a habitable, active environment beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon ...

NASA awarded three-year contracts to Astroscale U.S., BAE Systems, Busek, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

L3Harris has been chosen for a contract with NASA to advance the technology that will be used for the agency’s “flagship ...

One of the main questions in exoplanet science concerns M dwarfs (red dwarfs) and the habitability of exoplanets that orbit ...

NASA has taken a major step toward one of its most ambitious science goals as it searches for signs of life on planets beyond ...