When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

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

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some have already been found. Thanks to rapidly advancing telescope technology, ...

They’re running rings around Uranus. New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien life. Scientists from Johns Hopkins ...

Mars just scored another point in favor of alien life. Scientists discovered signs of an ocean's worth of liquid water miles below Mars' surface. The findings, based on Marsquake measurements by ...

A layer of molten rock deep inside some rocky planets may be doing more than shaping their interiors. New research points to ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

More planets could be homes for aliens than we thought, scientists say - Planets we thought were not inhabitable might ...

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a predicament never previously observed. This ...

While such organisms may or may not exist in the universe, the research has important implications for future human endeavors in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Even JWST can’t separate these tiny planets from their host stars – as they orbit their stars too closely. But there is a way to “see” the planet’s atmosphere from this entangled light. When you ...