Starlight has been the key to finding thousands of exoplanets over the past decade, but researchers have found a new way to ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly study the surface of an exoplanet for the first time. The ...

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New research suggests that many planets previously considered promising for life may, in fact, be far less hospitable. A ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines ...

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Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric models. By directly imaging Epsilon Indi Ab with the James Webb Space ...

Scientists reveal how waves behave on alien planets, from towering methane seas on Titan to nearly still lava oceans on ...

Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

Scientists identify 45 potentially habitable exoplanets, using exact data and quotes to guide future telescopes in the search ...

A new study proposes a shift in the search for extraterrestrial life, moving away from individual biosignatures toward ...

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools ...