Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets.

A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

Our quest to find a “second Earth” has long occupied scientists and dreamers alike. The possibility of another world ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of four small, rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star — the second closest star system ...

Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting ...

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet—a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar ...

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the atmosphere of a cosmic body that is either a "failed ...