Astronomers say they are one step closer to finding a habitable, Earth-like planet beyond our solar system with the discovery ...

Since then, astronomers using both space-based and Earth-based telescopes have found more than 6,200 exoplanets scattered ...

Astronomers have only previously found atmospheres around exoplanets that are very large or incredibly hot – but now they ...

A newly discovered interstellar object is moving through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and it did not take long for ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently came out of hibernation to continue its journey through an unexplored part of the ...

The sci-fi movie “Disclosure Day” predicts that our reaction to intelligent alien life will be chaotic. But what does the ...

Some of the most common planets in our galaxy may be hiding far more water than scientists can currently detect—even with the ...

In a clip from the BBC’s Wonders of the Solar System, Brian Cox visits an ‘alien’ within a cave that’s a death trap for ...

Credit: NASA Titan’s resources could one day make Saturn’s largest moon a major outpost for deep space exploration. Titan is ...

Alas, it’s not a study-abroad course – yet – but exoplanets may provide insight into how life formed on Earth.

Researchers probe the geochemistry of the moon, Mars, asteroids, and water worlds to understand our home and plan for future ...