When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

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

Astronomers have recently unlocked a new frontier in exoplanet exploration, generating the first 3D map of a distant world.

If alien life exists on the newly discovered JG 251 c, we could know about it in the next 10 years.

Sydney scientists fixed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope without ever leaving Earth. Using AI-powered software called AMIGO, ...

A new exoplanet candidate has just burst onto the scene, and it may be one of the best alien worlds yet on which to search ...

The latest computational modeling methods were used by scientists to identify real planetary signals from the noise of the ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...

Dr. Eric Ford, director of Penn State’s Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, explains the search for planets beyond ...

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with ...

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.