Researchers have come up with a color-coded key that could prove crucial in detecting signs of life on exoplanet clouds.

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

Canadian astronomical research is getting a big boost with the return of Sara Seager to Canada after around 20 years at MIT.

An exoplanet completely or densely covered by clouds could aid astronomers in their search for signs of life beyond Earth. Cloudy skies may spoil a picnic or block a view of the stars through a ...

Astronomers have recently detected potential signs of microbial life on the exoplanet K2-18b, an ocean-covered world located ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

According to Paul Robertson, associate professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine, discovering new exoplanets is common ...

Clouds may spoil a picnic or block our view of the stars, but they could also help scientists discover life on distant ...

Earth," is situated in a relatively close region of the Milky Way Galaxy and resembles Earth in appearance but is many times ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud ...