For generations, artists and science-fiction writers have imagined alien landscapes beneath twin sunsets. The image became iconic in popular culture long before astronomers confirmed that planets ...

Before solving that mystery, however, astronomers must determine how quickly those distant planets are truly spinning. Slower ...

For the first time, astronomers have seen the glow of alien planets circling sun-like stars. “This is a new era,” says the leader of one of the teams, Drake Deming from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight ...

Astronomers have identified a clue hidden in the light of certain stars that's already led them to discover seven new alien planets, with more expected to come. To be clear, these alien planets likely ...

EVEN as a cash-strapped NASA shelves plans for a costly mission to hunt for Earth-like planets, a novel scheme has emerged that promises to achieve the same goal for a fraction of the cost. Called New ...

The search for life beyond Earth has marked a new discovery — evidence of an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet beyond our Solar System with modelling suggesting it may be a water world.

The newly discovered exoplanets, designated as GJ 9827 b, c and d, are located fairly close to their host star, completing orbits within 6.2 days. ESO A nearby 'super‑Earth' just 25 light years from ...