What if Earth is just one of many planets with the potential to support life, and intelligent beings exist somewhere out there, waiting to be discovered? The TESS telescope, NASA's powerful new tool, ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space ...

Earth" that is located about 154 light-years away and is nearly twice as big and four times as massive as our planet.

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...

Scientists have already found over 100 more exotic worlds in space this year.

Our oceans are as remarkable as they are mysterious; the deep dark waters as foreign to us as far-reaching planets. Though ...

Desert lichen offers new evidence for the possibility of life on other planets Lichen from the Mojave Desert can survive, and replicate, under levels of extreme solar radiation found on Earth-like ...

According to the latest studies led by Heidelberg University astronomers, low-mass stars quite often host Earth-like planets. Data collected as part ...