A newly identified world beyond our solar system is giving scientists a fresh look at how strange planets can be, and it may come with a stench to match. Astronomers have discovered what appears to be ...

The team compiled what they describe as a "catalogue of opportunity" - a shortlist of worlds sitting in the so-called ...

Oxygen on exoplanets can be the result of simple chemical processes rather than biological ones.

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Scientists have identified 45 Earth-like exoplanets that are the strongest known candidates for hosting extraterrestrial life.

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

These three exoplanets are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a mysterious smog.

How many planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, exist throughout the Milky Way Galaxy? While that might never be determined, NASA recently announced the total number of confirmed ...

The team of astronomers behind the find suggested it could help us better understand planet and moon formation in our solar system and beyond the Milky Way. The team was able to make the first-ever ...

Cancer the Crab is a dim constellation, yet it contains one of the most beautiful and easy-to-spot star clusters in our sky: ...