The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

The question of how life began has captivated humanity for millennia. Now, a team of scientists are preparing to use NASA's ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft, named Europa Clipper, will determine if conditions there could support life.

The planet, which astronomers believe is orbiting a young red dwarf star approximately 34 light years away, has been dubbed ...

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

"We have identified stars where the habitable zone’s X-ray radiation environment is similar to or even milder than the one in which Earth evolved." NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has ...

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Anne-Marie Lagrange (CNRS, UGA), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Webb) - PHOTO: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have captured compelling evidence of a planet with a mass ...

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.