Astronomers have detected an exoplanet candidate around a Sun-like star just 146 light-years away from us.

The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.

NASA's Perseverance rover discovered rocks on Mars, providing new evidence the red planet was once a wet, habitable world ...

NASA's Perseverance rover, launched in Florida, discovered bleached rocks on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

A new discovery in the search for Earth-like exoplanets has just been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman appeared to suggest that space shuttle Discovery may not be relocated to Houston's Johnson ...

The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...

Australian researchers have made a discovery of a potentially habitable planet 150 light years away - but there’s a catch to ...

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.