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

Last month, scientists had announced that they might have identified what appeared to be the most promising signs of alien ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

Last month, astronomers claimed to have found the strongest evidence ever of alien life on a distant exoplanet named K2-18 b.

Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, only a select few show promise. Here we look at some of the most habitable exoplanets ever discovered ranked through their similarity to Earth. The result ...

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

The new observations were carried out using JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which captured signals in the mid-infrared ...

Roman was similarly designed with a focused set of science goals, including exploring an uncharted region of exoplanet ...

Tracking exoplanets via orbital mechanics isn't easy ... Canes Venatici and lie about 463 light years away from Earth. Nothing is particularly special about the star or the planet, except that ...

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's distance from the Sun. And, as an added bonus, the planet is orbiting backward ...