Since its debut, "Star Trek" has introduced decades worth of new characters, locations, and alien races, but only a few ...

Need a reminder of what's up in the farthest frontier of 'Star Trek' before 'Starfleet Academy'? Class is now in session.

It’s not quite clear what the latest Trek series wants to be: a rollicking adventure, a college coming-of-age story, or a ...

The mascots for Starfleet Academy's schools are Star Trek aliens that have been a part of the franchise for a long time (though you may not remember them).

Star Trek is in a weird place right now. Less than three years ago we were living in a golden age with five shows on the air, all with different styles and intended audiences. But the universe rapidly ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven advanced technology partners for its next major mission, the Habitable Worlds ...

Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just ...