Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which lie within the star’s habitable zone. In the foreground is TRAPPIST-1 b, ...

NASA officials have previously spoken of the possibility of extraterrestrial life amid scientific uncertainty while ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a ...

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Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

The northern ice ap of Mars seen from space - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Humanity has dreamed about discovering life on alien planets for as long as we have dreamed about visiting other worlds. Since Mars ...

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'Do all aliens really need sunlight?' ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...