Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

Astronomers have identified a super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star just 20 light-years away, making it one of the closest and most promising candidates for studying Earth-like atmospheres. The planet, ...

The confirmed discovery of exoplanets revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Among the thousands of confirmed ...

What drives us to send probes throughout the solar system and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) telescope will be actively looking for traces of life on Earth-like planets in other ...