Astronomers have detected a relatively close exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, where temperatures are ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable planets. Future observatories will use the data to narrow down the list for ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of broken fragments no bigger than pencil erasers, and even grains of dust fine enough to ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

Harvard scientists studying the mystery of water and life on ancient Mars believe they may have finally found a solution.

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road isn’t just a sculpture—it’s a monument to the tech world’s obsession with civilizational ...