If you examine our solar system’s giant planets, you’ll notice right away that they’ve all got moons—a lot of moons. While ...

Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests. Using a special laser 3D ...

Although astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets, the number of confirmed exomoons—and exorings—is still zero. But ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to survive inside, while also protecting them from being desiccated or exposed to ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the ...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens “have made contact with us,” after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend.

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind SpaceX and the artificial intelligence company xAl, has unveiled one of his most ambitious plans yet. During an all-hands meeting with xAl staff on Tuesday, February ...

Musk addressed the company for the first time since its merger with SpaceX and shared the plans for the company's ...

At Davos, the billionaire said his belief that “it might only be us” in the cosmos drives Tesla, SpaceX, and his vision for humanity’s future. Elon Musk proclaimed he’s an alien during a Thursday ...

Elon Musk discussed his views on whether aliens exist during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Newsweek reached out to Musk’s company SpaceX for additional comment via ...

Europa, one of Jupiter's moons NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute Europa is one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, and perhaps among the planet’s most famous orbiters. It’s covered in a shell of ...