For the first time, scientists have been able to map the atmosphere of WASP-121b in 3D and what they found sounds like ...

Cosmic speed limits can be a major inconvenience but they've rarely stopped science fiction in its tracks.

They found never-before-seen activity. "This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works — not just on Earth, but on all planets. It feels like something ...

"This planet's atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works -- not just on Earth, but on all planets. It feels like something out of science fiction," says ...

For centuries, planets beyond our solar system—called exoplanets—existed only in theory and science fiction. It seemed nearly impossible to detect planets light-years away, since the ...

but on all planets," team leader and Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur researcher Julia Victoria Seidel said in a statement. "It feels like something out of science fiction." Many of the ...

China should take up its corresponding responsibilities in interstellar affairs between beings on earth and other planets.” The fact is, while most mainstream literature today focuses on China’s past, ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

“This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works — not just on Earth, but on all planets. It feels like something out of science fiction ...

It was mere decades ago that the idea of space tourism — not just for astronauts and scientific research but for recreation — was the stuff of science fiction. Today, space travel for the ...

Germany’s biggest private, not-for-profit research funder is now in the third year of funding “science fiction” research ...