Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But ...

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Project Phoenix’ was initiated by small research organisation known as the SETI Institute. But it was lucky to get off the ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years away from Earth - and it's believed to ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

A new study by an international team of researchers has uncovered troves of microbes thriving in the hostile subsurface of the earth, far from the life-giving energy of the sun. Chief among the ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

Our Sun Has ... of life altogether on the planet’s surface. We don't currently have the technology to directly measure the interior or surface composition of a small, earth-sized planet outside ...