White dwarfs, once thought lifeless, could host habitable planets. The James Webb Telescope is searching for atmospheric ...

ALIENS could discover humans on Earth by spotting one of 12 signs, scientists say. Topping the list is a clue that could be ...

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

All this happened about 4.5 billion years after Earth formed, with innumerable steps occurring in between that made our ...

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

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

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...

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

The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound (325-kilogram) ...

New research suggests that life could thrive on exoplanets with unique atmospheres, expanding the definition of habitability ...

SETI scientists suggest that extraterrestrial civilizations could detect Earth through 'technosignatures' like planetary ...

The list was created by alien-hunting scientists at the SETI ... It's meant to look for planets in the habitable zones of their stars – where it might be possible for water to exist.