Rapper B.o.B. and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson made headlines last month when the two were embroiled in a high-profile back-and-forth about whether or not the Earth is flat — but apparently ...

The odds of discovering another Earth are looking slimmer than once believed. A growing body of evidence suggests that truly ...

It’s been 30 years since a group of scientists led by Carl Sagan found evidence for life on Earth using data from instruments on board NASA's Galileo robotic spacecraft. Yes, you read that correctly.

Sagan proposed that Voyager 1, which had ventured into space, turn around and take a photograph of Earth to transmit back.

Katy has a BA in Humanities and Philosophy, with over 20 years of experience in online and print publishing. She was named ...

What is essential for this problem is a global consciousness [...] that transcends our exclusive identifications with the generational and political groupings into which by accident we have been born.

Someday, somewhere in the universe, a being may encounter one of NASA’s Voyagers, the robotic interstellar probes sent to space during the summer of 1977. If and when they do, they will find an ...

The "pale blue dot" has been twinkling like a brilliant diamond in satellite images, and scientists may have finally solved the mystery of why. Mysterious flashes of light from Earth were captured by ...