Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

New research using NASA's powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the "habitable zone," the region around a star where ...

The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years away and their civilization would ...

Yet, despite using the JWST's sensitive Near-Infrared Spectrometer, or NIRSpec, astronomers led by Piaulet-Ghorayeb found no ...

Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve ...

If there’s one of these planets that could potentially sustain liquid water on the surface, it’s probably that one.” ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

In a striking departure from traditional astronomical thought, scientists have recently proposed that black holes, long considered the ultimate regions of destruction and inhospitability, could ...

They discovered that the planet may have an atmosphere like Earth, and the potential for oceans and ice, which are essential ...