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

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

Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP When astronomers search for planets that ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the ...

A team of astronomers has just published a detailed catalog of 2,100 stars, considered as potentially hosting planets ...

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

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 ...

Explore how astronomers aim to identify signs of alien life by analysing the atmospheres of distant exoplanets through ...

On April 18, scientists announce the discovery of three Earth-like planets potentially suited for life. Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f, and Kepler-69c are three unique examples among the total 122 confirmed ...

A new machine learning model has predicted that there are 44 Earth-like planets in other star systems in the Milky Way galaxy, with researchers from Switzerland claiming that the algorithm at the core ...

A team of astronomers have detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of past or present life linked to biological activity, on an exoplanet named K2 ...