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.

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

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

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.

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life ... but they might be habitable today,” NASA’s Gina DiBraccio said on the eve of launch.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— 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.. It ...

NASA detects new planet with temperatures that suggest habitable conditions. JULIA JACOBO. July 2, ... a distance about 50 times the space between Earth and the Sun, NASA said.