University of Bristol astrophysicists are helping shed new light on an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away where liquid water in the form of a ...

A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars -- and Imperial scientists provided crucial context.Led by NASA ...

Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.

Imagine taking a trip to the star system Alpha Centauri. It’s 25 trillion miles away, and it will take 400 years to get there ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected evidence suggesting that TRAPPIST-1 e, a rocky planet located in the habitable zone of its star, might possess an atmosphere. This discovery opens ...

What new methods can be employed to help astronomers distinguish the light from an exoplanet and its host star so the ...

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting ...

NASA’s exoplanet tally has climbed to 6,000, revealing bizarre and beautiful worlds far stranger than our own.

NASA has discovered signs of life on Mars in the form of organic carbon, sulfur, rust, and phosphorous in a canyon, and new ...