Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...

The new exoplanet Elias 2-24 b is the youngest ever discovered, still forming in a cloud of debris around a young star just ...

Nearly two dozen ‘Earth-like’ planets that could be crawling with alien life have been identified by scientists. Exoplanets are what scientists call worlds that orbit other stars (though some are ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium ...

Science fiction suggests that life on other planets, if it exists, is likely far more advanced than life on Earth. A recent ...

Radio signals detected at a planet beyond our Solar System ...

Planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system come in all shapes and sizes but mostly fit into a few categories: large and hot gas giants, super-Earths that are slightly larger than our planet, ...

Investor excitement around the SpaceX IPO is colliding with peak Elon Musk futurism after a new social media post featuring his musings about light-speed travel and exploring alien worlds. In a social ...

While long-fabled technologies like Smell-O-Vision are still a long way off from ever being a reality, astronomers can still technically smell stuff deep in space without actually having to get a ...

When/if alien life ever cruises toward Earth in big spaceships, we’re probably not just going to see it; we’re going to hear it via narrow radio signals. If an extraterrestrial civilization wanted to ...