Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

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

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

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Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

Space agencies around the world are looking for extraterrestrial life in various ways, but maybe aliens are also looking for us. In a new study, two American astronomers have counted 'planets where ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

Planets orbiting close to red dwarf stars risk getting hit by violent flares.Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Player (STScI) (Inside Science) — Shifting, slipping and colliding tectonic plates played an ...

First-year students in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered ...

Scientists have identified thousands of exoplanets beyond our solar system. Most are studied indirectly, yet research shows they range from rocky worlds and gas giants to water-rich planets and ...