EXPERTS have spotted a potentially habitable new planet that might be “remarkably similar to Earth”. But there is one chilly catch – scientists believe temperatures may below ...

Exoplanet TOI-561 b is the closest of four worlds orbiting a 10-billion-year-old G-type star roughly 280 light-years from Earth. - NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration NASA’s James Webb Space ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Jupiter-size planet around a distant star has given astronomers a rare glimpse into the effects ...

A faint signal from old telescope data is causing a stir in astronomy: a planet barely larger than Earth, with an almost ...

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

Imagine you’re an alien astronomer, pointing your telescope toward our solar system, listening for signs of intelligent life. Would you hear us? For decades, scientists have wondered the same thing. A ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine before it. What will it find next? When you purchase through links on our site ...

WASHINGTON (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 exoplanet, ...

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When most people think science fiction, they first think of outer space. It’s why names like Kubrick, Lucas, Cameron, and Scott will live on long after the men who made them famous are gone. For the ...

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the strongest evidence yet that a small, rocky planet outside our solar system has air, even though it orbits precariously close to its star. The exoplanet, ...