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

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

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

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

One hundred twenty light-years from us, there is an exoplanet that can potentially host life. It's called K2-18b, and it's the world you'd want to visit. K2-18b isn't exactly like Earth. It's more ...

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

Some animals living on Earth appear so unusual that they are often compared to aliens. Their shapes, movements, and behaviors challenge common ideas of what life should look like. Scientists explain ...

New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the strongest evidence yet that a small, rocky planet outside our solar system has air, even though it orbits precariously close to its star. The exoplanet, ...

NASA has selected advanced technologies to power a future space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets and search ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...