The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system has shifted from counting planets to confronting extremes that strain basic ...

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

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

The findings from Pandora will complement data from the James Webb Space Telescope to give astronomers more insight into ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is there life out there among the stars? No one knows for sure, but we're constantly finding new exoplanets that have some potential to harbor life. Astronomers don't currently have the technology to ...

Exoplanets come up a lot these days, usually in headlines about distant stars, strange atmospheres, or the possibility of ...

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 ...

Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway ...

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 ...

A new approach intended to maximize the chances of identifying planets orbiting nearby stars that support life focuses on creating a comprehensive list of the molecules that might be present in the ...