Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

A new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers suggests that unpredictable stars could be distorting our ...

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

NASA's upcoming Pandora mission will complement the James Webb Space Telescope by making it easier to detect water in the ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...