A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these celestial objects less random.

SHOCKED astronomers have spotted a “rogue” planet that defies historic theories. A unique “inside out” planetary system with a distant rocky world turns our understanding of planet formation ...

When NASA hosts a major televised conference and mentions that it relates to the discovery of a distant exoplanet, ears start to prick up. NASA has the rumour mill spinning with news that it is to ...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a planet full of aliens was ever discovered? It's pretty mind-boggling to think just how vast the universe could be, and how much life could actually exist ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system. They detected in an alien planet's atmosphere the ...

SIGNS of an alien planet that’s about the same size as Earth have been picked by up a Nasa telescope. Scientists say it might even be within its host star’s “habitable zone”, but there’s a big problem ...

Alien solar systems that are home to so-called "hot Jupiters" — gas giants circling sizzlingly close to their stars — are unlikely homes for Earth-like planets, researchers say. Hot Jupiters get their ...

Astronomers have discovered 41 new alien planets in one sweep by analyzing how each world gravitationally yanks on its neighbors. The newly confirmed exoplanets were spotted by NASA's prolific Kepler ...

Researchers have found the “strongest evidence yet” of alien life beyond our planet. While studying exoplanet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away, the team found signs of chemicals which are ...