The imaginary constructions of science fiction fill us with awe at their alien vastness. Which have you explored, and what was the most overwhelming?

Newly analyzed observations by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope show that the star KIC 8462852 — whose occasional ...

Alien-hunting telescopes have peered at the mysterious star KIC8462852 and are quickly unraveling the theory that this star could ...

15:31, Mon, May 9, 2016 Updated: 16:10, Mon, May 9, 2016 The KIC 8462852 was spotted in 2015 by an online astronomy crowdsourcing ...

KIC 8462852 (aka. Tabby's Star) continues to be a source of both fascination and controversy. Ever since it was first seen to be ...

ASTRONOMERS have crunched the numbers for an explanation of the weird flickering of a distant star. Instead of alien engineering ...

Speculation that a strangely pulsing star may have unnatural origins flared in 2015. A new survey has revealed it’s not alone.

The scientific world lit up last week after stargazers spotted a mysterious object way out in deep space and claimed it was an ...

There's a prosaic explanation for at least some of the weirdness of "Tabby's star," it would appear. The bizarre long-term ...

A celebration of how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live among us can be. Bruce Elder shares with us his ...