For years, the search for alien life has focused on Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. But this episode explores a ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

By applying machine learning to vast TESS datasets, researchers have built one of the most precise catalogs of nearby exoplanets to date.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...

Investor excitement around the SpaceX IPO is colliding with peak Elon Musk futurism after a new social media post featuring ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known ...

Astronomers in a recent breakthrough have identified 45 new rocky exoplanets that could harbour and support alien life. The ...

One of them is about 4.2 light years away - more than a whopping 24 trillion miles from Earth! Find out more here.

Billions of stars in our Milky Way galaxy have captured rogue alien planets that once cruised freely through interstellar space, a new study suggests. Many wandering alien worlds, which were ejected ...

Astronomers have reportedly narrowed the search for extraterrestrial life to a focused list of 45 rocky exoplanets. Out of ...

An international research team, including astrophysicist Anjali Piette from the University of Birmingham, analysed data ...