Since the Kepler Space Telescope began its prowl for exoplanets in 2009, it has uncovered a strange pattern among these alien ...

Discovered by volunteer scientists, this alien planet is out of synch with its siblings ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

Scientists have used data from NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope 'Kepler' to discover that small and large worlds have very different upbringings. The team found that larger planets on non ...

NASA’s Pandora satellite has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to study alien planet atmospheres, helping scientists ...

Humanity has long wondered if we are being watched from the stars, but the answer might lie in our own exhaust fumes. As the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, ...

K2-18b resides within the habitable zone of its star, making the presence of liquid water and thus life possible. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's ...

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a predicament never previously observed. This ...

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 ...