Late at night, astronomy enthusiast Xiao Li rubbed his red eyes and stared intently at the blurry light spot on the screen.

Located approximately 700 light-years from Earth, this planet is famous for its extremely short orbital period and extreme ...

A rocky, Earth-size planet located in our Milky Way galaxy may have an atmosphere around it, according to new research, ...

In a groundbreaking development, astronomers have identified potential biosignatures on an exoplanet, a discovery that could ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...

Life is complicated, and not just in a philosophical sense. But one simple thing we know about life is that it requires ...

But in reality, it may be the beginning of a new phase of life for all the objects living in the solar system. When stars ...

Stellar migration may greatly increase the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way. Future ESA missions will test these predictions with detailed exoplanet observations. What can the Galactic Hab ...

May the faint chemical signals drifting through the atmosphere of a distant world be the long-sought message that we are not alone. Astronomers have reported seeing an unusual and strong combination ...

Last year, we reported on the discovery of an intriguing arrow-shaped rock on Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover. The rock ...

The indeterminate nature of the team's results means that JWST is far from finished with TRAPPIST-1e. The researchers hope to ...

With basic science and imagination, we can hypothesize what life might develop on other planets James Trefil and Michael Summers You are in a long, dark tunnel walled with solid ice. The only light ...