Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric ...

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

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

This not-so-little piece of equipment could change astronomy forever. And it could be about to find alien life. Maybe in a ...

It's a big universe out there and if we have any neighbors, it might be better if they left us alone, and one pair of ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

A newly discovered “super-Earth” planet could allow us to finally see alien life, researchers say. The world – named GJ 251 c and lying less than 20 light years away – is thought to be a “super Earth” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly identified world beyond our solar system is giving scientists a fresh look at how strange planets can be, and it may come ...

Alien solar systems that are home to so-called "hot Jupiters" — gas giants circling sizzlingly close to their stars — are unlikely homes for Earth-like planets, researchers say. Hot Jupiters get their ...

A new study suggests alien life may be easier to detect through clusters of similar planets rather than single biosignatures.