Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur dioxide may help in identifying uninhabitable planets. Large amounts of sulfur ...

White dwarf stars, once considered inhospitable, may actually support habitable exoplanets. New climate simulations reveal that fast-rotating planets around white dwarfs retain more heat, avoiding the ...

Exoplanets may harbor alien life; scientists seek biosignatures through advanced exploration. Could they lead to humanity's ...

A new world has just been found orbiting a Sun-like star only 20 light-years away, and it could be one of the most promising ...

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search for life on other planets. It's not that sulfur is a great indication that a planet is inhabited. Instead, ...

Figuring out the habitable zone of a dwarf star isn't ... 2018 -- should be able to peer deeply into the atmospheres of alien planets to try to see if they really could be like our own.

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

This discovery narrows down the search for potentially habitable planets, particularly around red dwarf stars. Fortunately, planets around the red dwarf stars present another option. Red dwarfs ...

A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...