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

Detective astronomers have discovered at least one unseen alien planet, and possibly another, around a distant star by observing the odd behavior of a planet already known to orbit the same star. The ...

Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just finding distant worlds, they are cataloguing places with molten surfaces, ...

Artist's illustration of the five tightly packed exoplanets in the Kepler-80 system, which likes 1,100 light-years from Earth. If you want to see a planet align with another in our solar system, you ...

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

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a planet full of aliens was ever discovered? It's pretty mind-boggling to think just how vast the universe could be, and how much life could actually exist ...

SCIENTISTS have stumbled across a new Super-Earth that orbits inside its star’s habitable zone with a new alien-hunting tool. Searching for Earth-like planets – and Earth-like life – is the ultimate ...

They are pretty certain it’s going to remain cloudy and hot on the planet GJ 1214b for the foreseeable future. The world orbits very close to its “red dwarf” parent star, raising temperatures to 232C.

I expect to see the existence of extraterrestrial life confirmed within the next few years. When it happens, put down your phone, look up from your work, walk away from your computer and let the ...

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