For decades, astronomers have chased fleeting hints that something alive might be lurking beyond Earth, only to watch each ...

Scientists have found a nearby planet that appears to be teeming with life, and now Earth's most advanced computer programs revealed what it could look like. The planet, known by astronomers as K2-18b ...

MARS was not always the beaming red we’re so used to seeing in space. Scientists have revealed that it was actually a “blue planet” some 3billion years ago. The search for water ...

An ocean world that’s teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...

If such worlds exist, they could be among the most common life-bearing planets in the galaxy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Exoplanet TOI-561 b is the closest of four worlds orbiting a 10-billion-year-old G-type star roughly 280 light-years from Earth. - NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration NASA’s James Webb Space ...