The mission to colonize Mars has captured the imagination of scientists and enthusiasts alike. With NASA and SpaceX leading the charge, the once distant dream of establishing a human settlement on the ...

Gus Carlson is a U.S.-based columnist for The Globe and Mail. The human colonization of other planets has long been a staple of science fiction. But so far it has remained just that – a futuristic ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

"There's one we haven't found — a planet just like ours. At least, not yet." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It might sound hard ...

Three decades ago, in 1995, humankind discovered the first planet beyond the borders of our solar system. It's called 51 Pegasi b, and it spins around its main-sequence star (meaning not unlike our ...

Scientists have identified thousands of exoplanets beyond our solar system. Most are studied indirectly, yet research shows they range from rocky worlds and gas giants to water-rich planets and ...

NASA’s newest announcement of 6,000 planets floating out there has confirmed what the agency has known all along. There are many more exoplanets waiting to be discovered. Thirty years ago, the very ...