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

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

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

Researchers at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy have found evidence that could support proof of life on K2-18b, ...

The first snow in space has been captured recently. A team of researchers out of Chile have unveiled the amazing image of ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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