Recent observations suggest that scientists have identified potential microbial fingerprints in the atmospheres of other ...

The Kepler space telescope is the source of more exoplanet discoveries than any other telescope, so why haven't we heard ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...

Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.

In a stunning moment of space history, a Soviet probe sent back the first-ever close-up images of Venus' mysterious surface.

It feels like I've been waiting 300 years for this 3,600-piece spaceship, the very first licensed Star Trek set that LEGO has ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing ...

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search for potential signs of life. The discovery of a potential “super-Earth” loca ...