HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

An H3 rocket is scheduled to launch the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite from Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday during a two ...

Because this planet is relatively close to Earth and orbits a bright star, it is a perfect target for future telescopes.

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...

New research suggests that life could thrive on exoplanets with unique atmospheres, expanding the definition of habitability ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit! On of them is 3.8 times the mass of Jupiter and ...

Hidden in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the $1.5B Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) nears completion. With a massive 130-ft mirror, ...

Well, we could be closer to discovering whether there really is alien life out there after researchers discovered a new 'super-Earth' which is six times bigger than our planet and may well inhabit ...

James Webb recently peered at an alien world that could harbor alien life. What impact would such a seismic discovery have on ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...