Astronomers have identified thousands of exoplanets, but only a handful look like Earth. These 16 worlds may be the closest ...

For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been more speculation than science. Now, powerful ...

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life. Binary star system Eta Cassiopeiae, located just 19 light-years away, ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even ...

Newly identified planet GJ 251 c orbits a nearby m-dwarf, offering promising target for future life-detection missions - ...

What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

These missions will focus on major frontiers such as the origins of the universe, the origin of space weather, and the start of life, officials said at a press conference held on Monday about the ...

Spectroscopy of other stars has led to most discoveries of exocomet systems. In research led by University of Colorado ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected phosphine gas in the ancient brown dwarf Wolf 1130C, a discovery that contradicts years of predictions about how phosphorus behaves in ...