The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found that a distant world discovered several years ago could be an "eyeball" ...

ESA 's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system, but on Aug. 20, it took a quick look at ...

What’s more, this watery orb, almost twice as large as Earth, may be our best shot at finding habitable conditions ... temperate planets, adding to the list that begins with LHS 1140 b. But for now, ...

Do aliens sleep? You may take sleep for granted, but research suggests many planets that could evolve life don’t have a day ...

There are hundreds of millions of planets around other stars in our Milky Way galaxy that may be habitable, argues a new research paper. These exoplanets (planets orbiting a star other than our ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission is set to explore one of the most promising spots to look for life in the solar system: Jupiter ...

Waterworld: up to 50% of the atmosphere of K2-18b may be composed of water Astronomers have for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of ...

(CNN)-- As NASA prepares to hunt for Earth-like planets in our ... European Space Agency. It may be rocky and covered in lava. NASA is hoping to find much more habitable worlds with the help ...

may require a larger telescope to achieve the same goals. HWO is an exciting mission and will provide incredible insights into the prevalence of habitable planets. As we learn more about the ...

Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...

NASA selected a rather interesting proposal for Phase I development as part of their NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) ...