In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky has helped scientists uncover something astonishing: planets much like Earth ... telescopes take dozens of images of the same star fields.

Most images of the Earth show the Northern Hemisphere of the planet, as this half of the globe is home to 68% of all land.

The first (above), known as Webb’s First Deep Field, is a sharp and detailed image ... of the universe only reinforces the fact that Earth is our only home. It’s still the only planet we ...

While scientists continue to hunt for clues of life beyond Earth, our home planet remains the only place in the universe where we've ever identified living organisms. Earth is the fifth-largest ...

Super-Earths might be far more common in the Universe than previously thought. A recent study using the KMTNet telescope network has revealed their presence in unexpected locations. This ...

Nelson says searching for life on other planets helps us understand better who we are in the universe. "If you ask me directly, do I think that there are aliens here on Earth? I don't think so.

For thousands of years we assumed the earth was the center of the universe. When Galileo advanced the proposition that the ...

A stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury ... Venus goes 'new moon' as it passes between Earth and the sun this weekend The annotated image shows Mars and Saturn clearly ...

The artist's concept depicts Kepler-186f , the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone—a range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...