A new, Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 90 light-years away from us. In astronomical terms, that’s right next door. What’s more, it might be capable of supporting life.

We could be one step closer to becoming a multi-planetary species. Scientists have discovered another planet that has the potential to support human life, per a study outlined in Monthly Notices ...

Scientists have discovered a new planet that may be able to support human life, according to a new study. The study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on Thursday ...

The planet was discovered earlier this year, roughly 100 light-years from Earth. The planet, which scientists believe could support life, is located within the habitable zone of its start.

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What if Earth is just one of many planets with the potential to support life, and intelligent beings exist somewhere out there, waiting to be discovered? The TESS telescope, NASA's powerful new tool, ...

Molecules in Enceladus’s icy plumes suggest that alien life could exist in our solar system ...

A team of international scientists has discovered two new planets just 100 light years away, one of which may be suitable for life. Both planets are known as "super-Earths," meaning they are up to ...

The planets discovered aren’t yet fully confirmed — thanks to a glitch in Kepler’s recording of the spot in the sky where the new planets were found — but the researchers are still ...

An international team of scientists says it has discovered two new "super-Earth" type planets about 100 light-years away, one of which may be suitable for life.

There could be life out there—way, way out there. Last Wednesday, NASA announced that its James Webb Space Telescope had discovered “compelling evidence” of a planet that is potentially ...

The planet dubbed TOI-715 b, which is about 1½ times as wide as Earth, is just the latest exoplanet astronomers have observed and theo r ized could support life.