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

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

As the number of exoplanets we've discovered increases, the question about life existing somewhere other than the Earth ...

Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, ...

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

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

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...

The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

Astronomers have discovered a strange new world just 35 light-years from Earth – one permanently covered in a vast ocean of ...

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

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.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the ...