The nearest known alien worlds begin just over four light-years away around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun. Its system contains three reported planets, including Proxima b, a roughly ...

Science fiction suggests that life on other planets, if it exists, is likely far more advanced than life on Earth. A recent study suggests otherwise. This new study, led by Chris Doughty, a professor ...

To support alien life, a planet doesn’t have to be exactly like Earth, but it does need a few key ingredients. First, it should orbit its star at the right distance, where temperatures allow liquid ...

In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only ...

Astronomers have confirmed a world less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using data from archives. Called Elias 2-24 b, the baby planet is still whirling in its natal disk of ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched its Autumn Adventures sale on the PlayStation Store, which discounts a huge range of PS5 & PS4 games for up to 75% off the usual asking price. BubaMan from ...

These 5 best sci-fi anime of 2026 bring frozen worlds, evolution, parallel dimensions and futuristic technology to life. See ...

For the first time, scientists have spotted radio waves from an exoplanet. Astronomer Yvette Cendes knows what you’re thinking: “When people see ‘radio signal from an exoplanet,’ they think aliens,” ...

"I warned you. I begged you not to land on this planet." But they want anyway! Arrow Video has revealed an official trailer for the 4K Limited Edition Blu-ray version of Forbidden Planet, the 1956 ...

The answer is no, our current planet-hunting techniques are unable to detect an Earth — specifically, an Earth-size and Earth-mass planet in an Earth-like orbit around a Sun-like star. We are close, ...

Planets without stars to orbit raise important questions about how planets evolve and what habitability might look like across the cosmos. Rogue planets careen through interstellar space without the ...

If you’re a fan of the history of science fiction, particularly in movies, one of the seminal titles is certainly 1956’s Forbidden Planet. During the 1950s, sci-fi films were in vogue, thanks largely ...