WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a predicament never previously observed. This ...

EXPERTS have spotted a potentially habitable new planet that might be “remarkably similar to Earth”. But there is one chilly catch – scientists believe temperatures may below ...

If there's one modern astronomical concept that has successfully permeated the mainstream media, it's the "Goldilocks zone." Not only is it associated with the search for alien life, one of the more ...

American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a predicament never previously observed. This exoplanet, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustrated moon-forming disk surrounds an alien planet. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Gabriele Cugno/University of Zürich, NCCR ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Jupiter-size planet around a distant star has given astronomers a rare glimpse into the effects ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien ...

An ocean world that's teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...