Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond ...

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which ...

Rocky, the adorable alien creature in Project Hail Mary, lives in relatively close proximity to the home world of an iconic ...

By applying machine learning to vast TESS datasets, researchers have built one of the most precise catalogs of nearby exoplanets to date.

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...