(NewsNation) — Astronomers and other scientists have concluded that, with so many stars in the universe, there must be planets around some of those stars that support carbon-based life. And some of ...

Imagine waking up one morning to the realization that everything you know—the sky, the trees, even the people you love—might be part of a grand, cosmic illusion. It sounds like the plot of a science ...

The search for extraterrestrial life uses radio signals, telescopes, and rovers. The Fermi Paradox questions why we haven't detected alien civilizations. The Drake Equation estimates the number of ...

Given the age and size of the Milky Way, there should be intelligent civilizations all over the place. But where is everybody? A new study suggests that alien civilizations could be too advanced for ...

A new study has suggested that the idea of our universe being a simulation does not hold up at all, and it’s not because of a ...

Global temperature increases over the past thirty years, visualized. Credit: NOAA/NCEI Earth's average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to ...

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

A recent study introduces a new concept, the 'Solitude Zone', aiming to answer humanity's age-old question: Are we alone in the universe?

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...