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 ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

“[Planetary scientists] have thought our solar system is not standard in its spacings,” says astronomer Juliette Becker of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In particular, the rocky planets ...

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea, says Abigail Beall ...