While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet will shine its brightest.

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...

A new rectangular telescope design could finally spot Earth-like planets around nearby stars, bringing the search for alien ...

The space-based telescope would be similar in size to the James Webb Space Telescope but with a 20-by-1-meter elongated ...

Some planets may block transmissions to and from Earth from being seen by alien observers, but scientists have cracked how to avoid the issue altogether.

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...