With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.

Scientists describe the findings as unexpected and puzzling, making this discovery a milestone in exoplanet research.

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging ...

British space scientist Dame Maggie Aderin–Pocock is sure that life is present on some other planet in the universe. Citing ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

The distant planet appears to be in the shape of a lemon as the pulsar's intense gravity stretches the planet.

Star Wars fans will be well aware of Tatooine, the desolate, distant world inhabited by human settlers. In the films Tatooine ...

Astronomers believe the solar system's early days were a cosmic bumper-to-bumper, with planetesimals, asteroids, and comets ...

Using the Webb telescope’s infrared capabilities, the team was able to study the atmosphere of the planet, the first time ...

Updated models suggest only 60,000 to 250,000 Earth-like habitats may exist in the Galaxy, with far fewer capable of ...