Astronomers say they are one step closer to finding a habitable, Earth-like planet beyond our solar system with the discovery ...

Scientists believe they've found the best candidate to date when it comes to planets which might be capable of sustaining ...

Astronomers have only previously found atmospheres around exoplanets that are very large or incredibly hot – but now they ...

A newly discovered interstellar object is moving through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and it did not take long for ...

The sci-fi movie “Disclosure Day” predicts that our reaction to intelligent alien life will be chaotic. But what does the ...

Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes his research, which propelled him to the White House, could usher in a ‘new messianic era ...

Some of the most common planets in our galaxy may be hiding far more water than scientists can currently detect—even with the ...

In a clip from the BBC’s Wonders of the Solar System, Brian Cox visits an ‘alien’ within a cave that’s a death trap for ...

Alas, it’s not a study-abroad course – yet – but exoplanets may provide insight into how life formed on Earth.

Researchers probe the geochemistry of the moon, Mars, asteroids, and water worlds to understand our home and plan for future ...

A group of astronomers has detected a sugar molecule swirling inside a cloud of gas and dust near the centre of our galaxy.