Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought, ...

Study suggests Earth-like exoplanets may be common, based on microlensing data revealing super-Earths with distant orbits.

NASA is releasing stunning photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Check them out below ...

The finding isn't yet certain, and it only indirectly supports the notion that the planet harbours life, but it is the ...

Mysterious dark matter makes up 85 percent of matter in the universe, and of the remaining 15 percent, scientists couldn’t ...

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

A new approach suggests that a tiny spin of the universe throughout space might reconcile those conflicting numbers. If the ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...