Astronomers may have discovered a new type of planet beyond our solar system, according to new research. The exoplanet, named ...

Rogue moons drifting through space may host long-lived oceans for up to 4.3 billion years, expanding where scientists search ...

Exomoons orbiting rogue planets could host liquid water for billions of years, offering potential habitats for life deep in ...

A new review study explains that extremophiles have revolutionized medicine, and are invaluable allies in the fight against climate change.

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent an entirely new class of worlds.

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

Earth-size planet (HD 137010 b) found orbiting a nearby star once a year, making it a promising target for finding life.

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

The Sun, along with more than 1,500 other stars, journeyed from the middle of the Milky Way to its current position a few billion years ago.

"Follow the water" has been a guiding mantra of astrobiology, and even space exploration more generally, for decades. If you want to find life, it makes sense to look for the universal solvent that ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

Scientists simulated an asteroid impact, and Deinococcus radiodurans’ cell membranes made it through. This suggests that life ...