Signs of alien life will be detected by 2025, while "definitive evidence" of extra-terrestrial beings may be found within the next 20 to 30 years, top NASA scientists say.
Is there no 'normal' background? Sure there is.
The presence of phosphine in Venus's thick atmosphere has revived the age-old question: Are we alone?
Celestial views of the Milky Way, Northern Lights, and comets hurtling through space are just some of the incredible images to have made the shortlist for the 2015 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
From captivating photos of Northern Lights, sparkling galaxies, the 'man on the moon' and more, photos taken by the winners of the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 competition are an absolute treat.
Saraswati spreads across 600 million light years and is four billion light years away from Earth.
The annual 'People's Choice' for Royal Air Force image of the year has opened for public voting.
The further away and the more massive the planet is, the higher the chance that the solar system will experience a violent future.
Named Proxima b, the planet is in a "temperate" zone compatible with the presence of liquid water -- a key ingredient for life.
The finding may help understand the types of planetary systems that exist beyond our own.
Why I decided the Bareilly Ki Barfi star is the new girl for me...
Twenty-seven-year-old Cassandra De Pecol has just 15 countries remaining to complete her mission.
In over two decades that it has been gleaning into the cosmos, NASA's Hubble telescope has revealed properties of space and time that for most of human history were only probed in the imaginations of scientists and philosophers alike.
The astrophotography community in India is a fast-growing one.
The unmanned space telescope, which launched in 2009, leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system
Fathers and sons have had a vexed relationship throughout myth, says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Be prepared to have a serious case wanderlust when you're scrolling through these awe-inspiring photographs of our Planet Earth.
The Ministry of External Affairs has added Divyasha's book to its largest library.
Nikita Puri introduces the Indian teenager who has joined the league of innovators with celestial bodies named after them.
'What struck me was how content the hermit seemed in his little cave, not at all self-conscious in proclaiming that it was the grace of Shiva that had brought him to Tapovan and it was Shiva who would look after him.'
'It should be considered one of the primary cuisines on Earth,' Zorawar Kalra tells Avantika Bhuyan.
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