Researchers at Cambridge University made a big splash in April last year when they announced that they had strong evidence ...

An illustration shows what exoplanet K2-18b might look like based on data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. K2-18b is 8.6 times as massive as Earth, orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 in the ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

When it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, research focuses on the so-called habitable zone of stars. This may have been premature.

The first sign of possible extraterrestrials detected in the cosmos didn't come in the form of little green aliens flying around in saucer-shaped spacecraft. In fact, the life that could be – emphasis ...

Scientists are using powerful telescopes to study exoplanet atmospheres for signs of life. New missions could soon reveal ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

A recent study of an exoplanet 120 light-years away revealed it has elements that are believed to be essential in the formation of life. NASA studied K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as ...

The first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone” — the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. What if humanity's search ...

What can not finding life beyond Earth tell us about the universe? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...