Astronomers have revised the mass of nearby exoplanet GJ 3378 b, recasting it as a rocky super‑Earth in the habitable zone and renewing interest in its potential to host alien life.

Between biosignatures and technosignatures lie noosignatures, and some scientists think they could help us find alien life ...

If you keep up with where the next SpaceX or Blue Origin rocket is headed, you are probably familiar with NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a project to determine if a rocket launched from ...

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...

Astronomers have found three planets that might be just right for life! These planets are in the “habitable zone” around their stars, meaning they could have the right temperatures for liquid water, ...

After decades of secrecy, stigma, and sometimes silliness—like the conspiratorial tales about recovered spacecraft and alien ...

NASA plans to launch the Habitable Worlds Observatory in the 2040s, a mission whose goal is “to image Earth-like planets around other sun-like stars,” according to NASA’s website.

Barnard’s Star hosts four hostile small planets whose unusual chemistry and orbital rhythm reveal how compact planetary ...

Astro Brief is a podcast collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson is coming to Jacksonville for a night focused on science, exploration and the search for life beyond ...

For the first time, astronomers have confirmed the presence of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet orbiting within its star’s habitable zone, marking a major milestone in the search for life beyond ...