If life exists elsewhere, it might not be on worlds like Earth. Here are some of the more peculiar places scientists are ...

Could scientists be getting closer to discovering alien life on a planet 124 light-years away? Explore the mysterious exoplanet K2-18 b, where researchers are investigating atmospheric chemicals that ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a watery exoplanet with a red dwarf sun overhead. A new study suggests that the exoplanet GJ 3378b, which ...

It’s a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets. To date, astronomers have cataloged more ...

A new study from researchers in Japan suggests that a better way to search for alien life might be to look for suspiciously similar planets that are close to each other. The idea is that if life has ...

A new study proposes detecting life in space by spotting patterns across many planets instead of focusing on one at a time. If life spreads and changes planetary environments, it could leave behind ...

If you keep up with where the next SpaceX or Blue Origin rocket is headed, you are probably familiar with NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a project to determine if a rocket launched from ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium gas escaping from the atmosphere of LHS 1140b propelled this exoplanet from ...

Scientists have built a computer model of Earth without life to help determine whether ...

Scientists believe there are planets outside our solar system where life is even more abundant and sustainable. By Natalie Wolchover Natalie Wolchover is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist ...