Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

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 ...

Astronomers aimed the Very Large Telescope in Chile at a nearby exoplanet and discovered jet stream winds blowing nearly 80 times faster than any seen here on Earth, and the fastest of their kind ever ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien ...

NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 exoplanets, planets beyond our solar system, a milestone that underscores how far the search for alien worlds has come in just three decades. The discovery ...

Scientists identify exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-size world orbiting a Sun-like star 146 light-years away ...

A new definition for the astronomical term 'planet' would apply to all alien worlds we've discovered so far, but would still leave Pluto off the list. A new and improved definition for the term ...

Animated. With the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long and John Cleese. Directed by Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad and Marcos Martinez. 91 minutes. At major theatres. PG Lost more in time ...