A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

A Stanford scientist's model suggests many small rocky planets can't sustain atmospheres, potentially explaining the scarcity ...

Scientists suggest that advanced aliens might not have physical bodies, challenging traditional views of extraterrestrial ...

There might be many more planets that could be home to aliens than we thought, according to a new study. For years, scientists have searched for life in the “habitable” or “goldilocks” zone – where it ...

This video looks at the strange gap in one of astronomy’s biggest success stories. We’ve found thousands of exoplanets and likely live in a galaxy containing trillions of moons, yet not one exomoon ...

Research indicates airport radar systems may unintentionally broadcast Earth's presence to aliens up to 200 lightyears away, ...

Scientists can't fully agree on what GJ504b actually is. It may be a massive planet or a brown dwarf, a mysterious class of ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...

Astronomers have re-analysed a nearby exoplanet, revealing that it is far more Earth-like than initial measurements suggested ...