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

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...

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 ...

More planets could be homes for aliens than we thought, scientists say - Planets we thought were not inhabitable might ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some have already been found. Thanks to rapidly advancing telescope technology, ...

An ocean world that's teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the time, they believed the planet met its doom as the star ...

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, ...