Researchers were surprised to find giant gas planets orbiting quite near to their stars. Yet novelists had already imagined ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

Scientists eye LHS 1140 b as a top candidate for habitability, with signs of a warm ocean and a possible atmosphere just 41 ...

A team of astronomers led by a British student found traces of the first-ever-discovered planet moving in a polar orbit ...

THERE are planets beyond our own that could be hiding untouched paradises.  Exoplanet LHS 1140 b is just one of them – and ...

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Quantum coronagraph filters stellar light using spatial photon sorting New tech may image Earth-like exoplanets near ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Excitement around the potential discovery of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b is fading as new analyses cast doubt on initial ...