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 ...

In a significant breakthrough, scientists have identified three Earth-sized exoplanets in a binary star system, potentially ...

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

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

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...

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 ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

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