Stars don’t just form planets—they may also re-supply their disks with gas, reshaping how and where planets emerge.

The curious minds at What If explore what it would mean for life on Earth if every planet in our solar system were habitable.

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable ...

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

K2-18b, located 124 light-years from Earth, could be a Hycean world: a potentially habitable planet entirely covered in liquid water with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, said lead study author Nikku ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the search for alien life with new tools that detect UAPs and identify Earth-like exoplanets across the galaxy.

We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host life. But barring outliers like ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

A planet circling at a sharp 90-degree angle to the orbits of its two host stars has now been confirmed. This discovery ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life outside of Earth.

The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests. ESA says ...