NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such signals have arrived, no RNA instructions lurk in the static, and no shared ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some have already been found. Thanks to rapidly advancing telescope technology, ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time directly detected the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The unique observation shows it may be possible to find ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In addition to providing a trove of information about the early universe, the James Webb Space Telescope since its 2021 launch has obtained valuable data on various already-known ...

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a predicament never previously observed. This ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift in cosmic terms - in a discovery that ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, ...

Astronomers discovered the TRAPPIST-1 system, a family of tightly packed planets swarming a red dwarf star, about eight years ago. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift in cosmic terms - in a discovery that challenges the ...

Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

A new Alien: Earth teaser has set up the alien invasion of earth the show revolves around. The brief clip, below, shows events from the point of view of an alien as it races through the interior of a ...