Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

NASA has selected L3Harrist o develop advanced optics and mirror systems for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a flagship space telescope searching for life beyond Earth.

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...

The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life.

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Finding new worlds out there is pretty exciting, right? Scientists are getting really good at spotting planets around other ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...

Morgan Underwood receives funding from NASA-funded CLEVER Planets (Cycles of Life-Essential Volatile Elements in Rocky Planets) research project. When astronomers search for planets that could host ...