A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

The 4.4-meter-aperture telescope, led by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and situated at the Lenghu astronomical ...

A team of international scientists recently published the discovery of nine new hot Jupiter exoplanets in The Astronomical ...

NASA’s quantum computer research helps us learn more about space. Quantum algorithms can solve hard problems and help with ...

When searching for life in the Universe (aka. astrobiology), scientists use strategies that go by various names. For example, ...

Astronomers confirm the existence of small, hot and likely rocky planets by observing the subtle gravitational wobbles of the star they orbit Researchers supported by the U.S. National Science ...

What if Earth isn’t the most habitable planet in the universe? In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a group of “superhabitable” exoplanets,worlds that may offer even better ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

Super-Earths might be far more common in the Universe than previously thought. A recent study using the KMTNet telescope network has revealed their presence in unexpected locations. This ...

Roman was similarly designed with a focused set of science goals, including exploring an uncharted region of exoplanet discovery space and investigating the nature of dark energy. However, since those ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than ...