The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focussed on planets in ...

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

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Last month, astronomers claimed to have found the strongest evidence ever of alien life on a distant exoplanet named K2-18 b.

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A team of astronomers led by a British student found traces of the first-ever-discovered planet moving in a polar orbit ...

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

Quantum coronagraph filters stellar light using spatial photon sorting New tech may image Earth-like exoplanets near ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new giant exoplanet around an M-dwarf star (GEMS). The ...

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 ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...