Alien worlds take center stage in an extraordinary voyage across the Milky Way, revealing planets far stranger than anything ...

Looking ahead: Existing radio surveys may contain signals that were never recognized as potential technosignatures. New ...

R L Drake explores the Fermi Paradox: why, given the Milky Way's billions of potentially habitable planets and the Drake Equation's estimate of 12,500 possible ...

The Milky Way’s Core: Could S0-6 Be an Alien Star?

Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a telltale U-shaped pattern showing that star formation drops sharply around ...

Fresh scientific findings highlight two major gaps in the hunt for alien life.

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A collision between ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s Gaia telescope. This wave, moving through the galaxy’s disc like ripples ...

"Milky Way season," when our galaxy's bright center is most visible, is now beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. The best time to see the Milky Way in the U.S. is generally from March to September.

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...