A new discovery made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may be the weirdest exoplanet yet. The planet, designated PSR J2322-2650b, has an atmosphere unlike any other yet discovered, and the ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

The Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater for years, but it's never found an otherworldly object quite like this one until now.

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

An international team of researches has announced the discovery of a super-Earth exoplanet (designated GJ 251 c) situated in its host star’s habitable zone less than 20 light-years from our own. What ...

The discovery of a possible "super-Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an ...

A recent conundrum about a star 1,500 light years away discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope has extraterrestrial enthusiasts crying "alien" as an explanation, but scientists studying the star are ...

Astronomers do not have a photo of Kepler-22b, but they used the so-called 'transit method' to detect it from 640 light-years away. Credit: NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech illustration In Apple TV’s ...

The Penn State-led Habitable Zone Planet Finder (HPF) provides the highest precision measurements to date of infrared signals from nearby stars. Pictured: The HPF instrument during installation in its ...