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

Marking yet another breakthrough from Ahmedabad, a team of scientists from the city's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has ...

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

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.

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

NASA's Pandora mission nears launch, aiming to analyze exoplanet atmospheres for habitability clues. Using infrared ...

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

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

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

With HWO, SETI could detect these emissions from as far as 5.7 light-years away, just beyond our closest stellar neighbor, ...

If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with technology comparable to ours, would they be able to detect Earth?

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.