One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Earth-like worlds may be closer and more plentiful than anyone imagined. Astronomers reported Wednesday that the nearest Earth-like planet may be just 13 light-years away -- or ...
Scientists evaluated the conditions for intelligent extraterrestrial life and concluded that they were not rare and could be lurking out there.
A new study suggests that, without plate tectonics and the right balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen, advanced alien ...
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How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of more than two dozen researchers ...
Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...