NASA is quietly turning a long‑range dream into hardware, backing a suite of technologies for a so‑called “Super Hubble” that would put the search for alien life at the center of its next flagship ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests liquid water may exist on tidally locked exoplanets beyond classic habitable zones. (CREDIT: NASA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A composite view of Mars taken by the Viking I and II probes. NASA/USGS In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible ...

The curious minds at What If explore whether a specific exoplanet could potentially host alien life, considering atmosphere, ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large... Scientists have been studying the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e ...

Using the radial velocity method, an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a nearby star known as GI 410. The newfound alien world was classified as a ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of these is whether Earth is the only place that harbors life. In the last 30 ...

A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA researchers. The exoplanet, known as super-Earth TOI-561b, was discovered in 2020, ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search to a small “habitable zone” around stars. This habitable zone defines the ...