In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light ...

Could there be alien life on Proxima b? Discover the possibilities of life thriving on our closest exoplanet neighbor.

Scientists have detected the first direct evidence of a coronal mass ejection from a star beyond our Sun, specifically the M dwarf StKM1-1262. This ma ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is turning distant exoplanets from anonymous dots of light into worlds with weather, chemistry ...

A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be packed with rare gems. The ...

As Santa sits at the North Pole anticipating the discovery of life on some far-flung planet he might be somewhat nervously scanning the latest scientific literature to see which exoplanets are hot top ...

India and Japan unite for the Thirty Metre Telescope Project, aiming to explore distant planets and search for ...

An exoplanet completely or densely covered by clouds could aid astronomers in their search for signs of life beyond Earth. Cloudy skies may spoil a picnic or block a view of the stars through a ...

Spectroscopy of other stars has led to most discoveries of exocomet systems. In research led by University of Colorado ...

India and Japan are partnering on the Thirty Metre Telescope Project, aiming to study distant planets and search for extraterrestrial life.

Those astronauts are flying on the Shenzhou 21 mission, which arrived at Tiangong on Halloween night. But the spacecraft they ...