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 ...

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 ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...