It's the fifth such life-possible planet outside our solar system revealed in less than a year, but still relatively nearby Earth. WASHINGTON - Astronomers have found yet another planet that seems to ...

Scientists have found strong evidence of a giant gas planet in the nearest star system to our own. At four-and-a-half light years away, the lifeless planet would be a close neighbour to Earth in ...

Earth” that sits in the temperate zone of its star, instantly vaulting it into the short list of worlds that might be able to ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The discovery of life on Mars is a tad closer than ever before. This month, NASA announced the discovery of signs of life on the red planet in deposits of clay and silt in a canyon.

The discovery of a possible "super-Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an ...

Alex Knapp is a Forbes senior editor covering healthcare and science. The James Webb Space Telescope has its sights set on seven planets circling a red dwarf star called Trappist-1, about 40 ...