"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first ...

Exoplanet science is shifting from finding any detectable exoplanets we can to searching for those in their stars' habitable ...

Based on the Transit Timing Variation (TTV) technique for the first time, the super-Earth, Kepler-725c, with 10 times the mass of the Earth, has been detected within the habitable zone of the Sun-like ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple ...

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint ...

To astronomers, a “potentially habitable” planet is one that could sustain life, not necessarily one that humans would consider a nice place to live. Habitability depends on many factors, but liquid ...

The authors also noted why colonising Mars would not be good for science. Lanza pointed out that terraforming Mars will ...

A new study argues that Mars could act as a testing ground for habitat restoration, with lessons learned helping to fight ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

Of the roughly 6,000 exoplanets we’ve discovered, a significant number are in the apparent habitable zones of their stars.