The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

Chemical signatures detected on the planet K2-18b points to the strongest evidence of life outside the solar system, ...

The find brings researchers closer to answering the question about whether Mars was ever capable of supporting life.

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

In a stunning new finding, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from the University of ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday ...

The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among ...

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a truly bizarre planet — one that orbits two stars at a perfect ...

A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is ...

The future of interplanetary travel is looking brighter, thanks to the new Sunbird nuclear-powered rocket designed by Pulsar ...