NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday ...

Independent scientists described the findings as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted possible signatures for life in an exoplanet's atmosphere. Still, researchers caution ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious.

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"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the ...

Our solar system was formed about four and a half billion years ago, from a massive cloud of gas and dust which collapsed on ...

It was a type of planet commonly found outside our solar system, but one without any analog near Earth that scientists could study closely for clues. These planets, known as sub-Neptunes ...

With a lot of talk about space recently, have you ever wondered which are the hottest planets in the solar system? You'd think the closer you are to the sun, the hotter they must be. Now that's ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists say they found indications of potential life on K2-18b, a planet outside our solar system.