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

Scientists believe life on alien worlds may be constrained by the same factors as on our planet.

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But the universe also hosts worlds that break away from this familiar image. Some planets drift alone through space without a central star, while others are so distorted by intense gravity that they ...

Scientists have detected direct, localized radio emissions from an exoplanet for the very first time. But don't call the ...

In 1960, astronomer Frank Drake listened for signals from alien worlds. Reporter Brendan Byrne's podcast When We Find Them picks up the search and asks what would happen if we finally find something.

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There is no chance in hell our species will be able to reach another Earth-like planet in the Universe in the foreseeable future, so the only way we can get a sense of the habitability of such places ...

Astronomers detected repeating radio bursts from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. These emissions originate from powerful auroras on the distant world. The signals provide a rare direct measurement of the ...

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