Artist's illustration of how the nearby brown dwarf WISE 0855 might appear if viewed close-up in infrared light. (Joy Pollard, Gemini Observatory/AURA) At a Glance Scientists discover compelling evidence of a gas giant outside our solar system.Brown dwarf WISE 0855 shares many similarities with Jupiter.Coldest known body outside the solar system. Astronomers have found the first strong evidence of water clouds on a heavenly body outside our solar system. Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said that recent...

World’s largest radio telescope is finished in China, with the goal of searching for alien life in the universe. ...

NASA says it is ready to proceed with the final design and construction of its next and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021, according to a NASA press release. , with landing in a yet-to-be-determined spot in February 2021, where it will explore the Martian surface for at least two years, mission team members said. "While we're there, the major scientific objective of the mission is to seek the signs of life," Mars 2020 project scientist Kenneth Farley,...