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

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of diamond, and another may rain molten iron. However, not all exoplanets are ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Around a star just 20 light-years from the Solar System, astronomers have confirmed the existence of what might be a ...

It was, of course, a great joy for me when we could confirm the planet’s existence,” said Dr. Cretignier. “It was also a ...

However, not all exoplanets are this extreme. Some are rocky, roughly Earth-sized worlds in the habitable zones of their stars. Could simple Earth life survive on some of these less extreme worlds?

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

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

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...