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

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

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

:rocket: Could aliens be hiding on a frozen twin of Earth? NASA has just discovered a rocky exoplanet that’s remarkably ...

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

A newly discovered “super-Earth” planet could allow us to finally see alien life, researchers say. The world – named GJ 251 c and lying less than 20 light years away – is thought to be a “super Earth” ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Illustration of the Earth-like exoplanet Proxima Centauri b orbiting the star Proxima ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...