A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an international team including researchers from ...

While researchers say they've found a potentially habitable planet, it'll take a new generation of telescopes to figure out more about life in the universe.

A newly discovered “super-Earth” planet could allow us to finally see alien life ... from Penn State and co-author on the new ...

According to the researchers, because it is rocky and located in the star's habitable zone, it may be habitable.

Narrator Tom Hiddleston teases "remarkable creatures and epic clashes for survival" in a sneak peek at 'Prehistoric Planet: ...

The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying ...

Scientists don't yet know whether GJ 251 c has an atmosphere, but new telescopes could reveal this within a decade.

Astronomers have recently brought a mysterious planet into the spotlight, a celestial body that bears striking resemblance to ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

Earth's quasi-moons are not actually moons, but temporary asteroids that eventually leave Earth’s orbit JPL-Caltech/NASA A ...