One of them is about 4.2 light years away - more than a whopping 24 trillion miles from Earth! Find out more here.

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

6000 exoplanets narrowed to 45 rocky worlds with conditions that may support life, helping telescopes focus on the most ...

An alien planet has been discovered that may be "teeming with life" as scientists reveal the exact date we will know whether extraterrestrials exist could be "within one to two years". Lead researcher ...

Scientists list the 45 places we are most likely to find alien life - List includes some famous worlds ...

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which ...

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond ...

Astronomers in a recent breakthrough have identified 45 new rocky exoplanets that could harbour and support alien life. The ...

NASA has an ambitious “Super-Hubble” space camera project to seek out alien planets. Researchers are keen to identify and take pics of at least 25 potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system.

Astronomers have reportedly narrowed the search for extraterrestrial life to a focused list of 45 rocky exoplanets. Out of ...

Scientists have identified a new clue in the hunt for alien life on distant planets. A team from the University of Birmingham and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe far-off worlds with ...

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 ...