Scientists searched 27 exoplanets for alien technology using planetary eclipses, revealing a new way SETI hunts signals ...

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...

The first sign of possible extraterrestrials detected in the cosmos didn't come in the form of little green aliens flying around in saucer-shaped spacecraft. In fact, the life that could be – emphasis ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.

But being in this sweet spot doesn't automatically mean a planet is hospitable to life. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to ...

This April, news reports linked the stinky gas dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called K2-18b to possible life on it. The reports, prompted by work led by astronomer ...

A groundbreaking discovery has astronomers buzzing. The James Webb Space Telescope may have found the strongest evidence yet ...

The first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone” — the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. What if humanity's search ...

Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in England announced on April 17 that they had found the strongest evidence yet that life may exist somewhere besides Earth. Using data from NASA's James ...

The first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone"—the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. Credit: NASA Ames/SETI ...