The alien landscape was formed by volcanic eruptions when molten lava cooled and cracked into the iconic hexagonal basalt columns, according to the National Trust. Over time, erosion and further lava ...

From orbit high above Mars, a familiar shape has appeared in an utterly alien landscape: a vast feature that looks uncannily like a butterfly pressed into the planet’s dusty crust. Captured by NASA’s ...

Researchers are working on a swarm of RoboBalls to send to other planets. The spherical robots would be deployed to map alien landscapes by rolling around challenging terrain. The concept was first ...

Alien solar systems that are home to so-called "hot Jupiters" — gas giants circling sizzlingly close to their stars — are unlikely homes for Earth-like planets, researchers say. Hot Jupiters get their ...

If there's one modern astronomical concept that has successfully permeated the mainstream media, it's the "Goldilocks zone." Not only is it associated with the search for alien life, one of the more ...

Close your eyes and picture the sound of laughter ringing through Saturn’s cold rings, or Martian dust storms whipped up by extraterrestrial hopscotch. What if childhood didn’t end on Earth? What if ...