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 ...

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, recent research indicates that the universe may harbor far more potentially habitable exoplanets than scientists had previously believed. This shift in understanding ...

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

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

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

NASA has selected L3Harrist o develop advanced optics and mirror systems for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a flagship space telescope searching for life beyond Earth.

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

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

There might be many more planets that could be home to aliens than we thought, according to a new study. For years, ...

WASHINGTON – For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big ...