When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

In a secluded corner of the Lynx constellation, just 18 light-years from our planet, astronomers have found a stunning jewel—a planet around a tiny red dwarf star that may have the right conditions to ...

An international team, including researchers from Penn State, has unveiled the discovery of a potentially habitable "super-Earth" less than 20 light-years from our solar system, marking a significant ...

A newly discovered “super-Earth” planet could allow us to finally see alien life, researchers say. The world – named GJ 251 c and lying less than 20 light years away – is thought to be a “super Earth” ...

Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Atmospheric insights into alien worlds emerge as JWST studies filtered starlight passing through distant exoplanet atmospheres. Pixabay, Vilkasss The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's depiction of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet found orbiting a sunlike star. | Credit ...

A recent conundrum about a star 1,500 light years away discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope has extraterrestrial enthusiasts crying "alien" as an explanation, but scientists studying the star are ...

In 2021, a curious discovery pushed penguins into an unexpected corner of science. Researchers studying chemical signatures ...

The Penn State-led Habitable Zone Planet Finder (HPF) provides the highest precision measurements to date of infrared signals from nearby stars. Pictured: The HPF instrument during installation in its ...