When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...
American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...
Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.
Astronomers Identified a Lemon-Shaped Planet Displaying a Feature 'Unlike Anything Observed Before' ...
Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like star. The Nobel-winning discovery, later published in the pages of Nature, ...
In 2021, a curious discovery pushed penguins into an unexpected corner of science. Researchers studying chemical signatures ...
Alien solar systems that are home to so-called "hot Jupiters" — gas giants circling sizzlingly close to their stars — are unlikely homes for Earth-like planets, researchers say. Hot Jupiters get their ...