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 ...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found two planets similar in size to Earth and within the habitable zone of star TOI 700 . We might temper our excitement though, as this is not ...

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

This research may help us identify habitable planets around other stars. Alien planets and moons experience rainfall just like Earth. Still, scientists were surprised to learn that raindrops on these ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven advanced technology partners for its next major mission, the Habitable Worlds ...

Like cosmic sleuths with a time machine, astronomers conducted a thorough re-analysis of old data collected by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1998, and found visual evidence for two alien planets ...

In recent decades, exoplanets discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. These distant worlds, orbiting stars beyond our Sun, have opened an entirely new chapter in astronomy. Once ...

UBC student Michelle Kunimoto is becoming a veteran planet hunter Whether you're a professional astronomer or a citizen scientist, discovering just one alien planet (or 'exoplanet') is exciting, but ...