A newly identified super-Earth orbiting a nearby star has rapidly climbed to the top of astronomers’ wish lists for worlds ...

The new approach looks at the distribution of molecular fragments in material, allowing for broad surveys in degraded ...

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

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

Ellie Robinson, a science teacher at the school near the New Forest, said the bear did "amazingly" to reach 27km (16.7 miles) ...

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, ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

Illustration of a hypothetical planet covered in water. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. April 7, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- What if we spend decades building advanced telescopes to search for life on other ...

School pupils are trying to track down a teddy bear sent flying into the upper atmosphere for a science experiment after it ...