Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could provide a stellar environment hospitable to life-supporting exoplanets, accordin ...

UC Irvine astronomers used a 3D global computer model to compare the climates of exoplanets in different stellar and orbital configurations. They found that a planet orbiting a white dwarf star would ...

Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...

If an alien civilization has technology similar to ours, could it detect life on Earth? Answering this will help our own ...

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.

SETI scientists try to determine whether aliens at a similar technology level to humans could detect Earth and from how far ...

Just as modern telescopes reveal the hidden structure of nebulae and star clusters, understanding the physics behind twilight ...

The study of planets beyond the solar system has reached an unprecedented milestone, with over 5,700 confirmed exoplanets.

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

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

NASA's upcoming Pandora mission will complement the James Webb Space Telescope by making it easier to detect water in the ...