A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists anywhere else besides Earth.

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

The model could significantly accelerate and thus revolutionize the future search for habitable planets in the universe. The search for Earth-like exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than ...

Astronomers have spent decades trying to find Earth-like planets beyond our solar system. These worlds are small, cold, and difficult to detect, especially when they lie in the "temperate zone ...

More than half of these discoveries were made by NASA's Kepler space telescope, which launched in 2009 to determine how common Earth-like planets are throughout the Milky Way galaxy. The Kepler ...

We might temper our excitement though, as this is not enough to conclude that the environments of these planets are otherwise very much like Earth. In science fiction, alien planets are ...

“Our model is based on an algorithm that I developed and that was trained to recognize and classify planetary systems that harbor Earth-like planets,” said Davoult in a press statemen ...

However, advanced telescopes like Webb could eventually detect habitable planets outside our solar system, according to NASA. NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, a planned infrared and ...

NEW YORK — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an ...