Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...

The study of exoplanets has come a long way since the first detection of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun in 1995.

Earth,” dubbed HD 20794 d, boasts a mass six times that of our planet and resides within the star’s “habitable zone.” The ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

Instead of drilling blindly or assessing only the top layer of earth, he turned to the wealth of geological data from the oil ... excited because this was the discovery of an aquifer that no ...

This groundbreaking discovery promises ... produced as seawater flows through Earth's magnetic field, creating weak electric currents. Researchers analyzed data from the European Space Agency's ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

Harvard University-affiliated astronomers announced the discovery of a new asteroid zooming precariously close to Earth — only to learn it was actually a Tesla sports car launched by Elon Musk ...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he believes aliens have underwater bases on Earth. “I just think travelin’ light years, I think it happens. I think it’s possible in the vastness ...