Researchers have developed a new coronagraph that could make it possible to see distant exoplanets obscured by light from their parent stars.

A team of astronomers has detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of ...

This week, learn why experts are divided over an exoplanet, see the first footage of a colossal squid in its deep-sea habitat, uncover why Earth is peeling, and more.

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

Venus, Saturn and the moon will form a triple conjunction, appearing to look like a smiley face in a sky. Here's how and when ...

That exoplanet is 124 light-years away in the Leo constellation. It's described as much larger than Earth but smaller than ...

Their latest study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, reports the detection of either dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or ...

In a potential breakthrough in the search for alien life, a team of international researchers has identified chemical ...

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet. But they caution much more work is needed to ...