This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery.

NASA aims to study rocky planets similar to Earth and analyse their atmospheres for biosignatures. The James Webb Space ...

A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

Transmissions between Earth and our own spacecraft could tell us where to look for potential alien transmissions.

We often wonder whether there are aliens on other planets but what if we ourselves are aliens on the planet we call home? Panspermia, the “controversial” theory that life “began elsewhere in space” ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In addition to providing a trove of information about the early universe, the James Webb Space Telescope since its 2021 launch has obtained valuable data on various already-known ...

Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.

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

Earth is pretty special, and as far as we know, the only place in the universe with life. But how special is it really? There ...