Astronomers have discovered a major sign of life — and “the first hints… of an alien world” on a distant planet orbiting ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of ...

Astronomers have discovered a strikingly unusual exoplanet: one which orbits its host stars in a totally new way. The planet ...

The discovery of new planets is always thrilling. This time, scientists have found an unusual planet orbiting a nearby star.

Astronomers since then indeed have discovered worlds, called circumbinary planets, orbiting two stars. But for sheer exoticism, it would be hard to top a newly described circumbinary planet ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings ...

The comet can be seen with binoculars or a small telescope and may be visible to the naked eye later this month.