Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

A new study published in Nature has revealed a rare glimpse into the early life of four young exoplanets orbiting the star ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

Carnegie's Luke Bouma presented exciting new research at the American Astronomical Society meeting revealing how large clumps ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...

In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...

The celestial body is the youngest transiting planet found to date. Madyson Barber, a grad student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was researching young transiting systems in space ...

Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit around both stars — a first in astronomy. The system’s compact, cold nature ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...