Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Exoplanet TOI-561 b is the closest of four worlds orbiting a 10-billion-year-old G-type star roughly 280 light-years from Earth. - NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration NASA’s James Webb Space ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This artist’s concept depicts a potential volcanic moon between the exoplanet WASP-49 b, left, ...

Scientists using The James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered potentially earth-shattering evidence indicating a faraway world could be home to alien life. A team at the University of Cambridge’s ...

Astronomers discovered the TRAPPIST-1 system, a family of tightly packed planets swarming a red dwarf star, about eight years ago. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images ...

Humans are considering the feasibility of terraforming our nearby planetary neighbor, so what if a distant alien civilization already had that idea and acted on it? A new paper suggests that looking ...