How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

Astronomers have discovered a large Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star that could be home to alien life. The exoplanet ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace.