A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...

Conditions in the early universe might have enabled rocky planets with water to form much earlier than anticipated, potentially allowing life to begin sooner too. Astrophysicists studying the ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Their results suggest that planets with anaerobic atmospheres that are dominated by H 2, CH 4, or N 2 could still support microbial life, even if the initial growth is slower than it is in Earth's ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...