Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

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

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

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

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"By the middle of next year, we expect to be in a position to decide on the way forward, with clarity on NASA funding and ...

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

What: New JWST observations probe the possible atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 e, an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a ...

Scientists have detected the first direct evidence of a coronal mass ejection from a star beyond our Sun, specifically the M dwarf StKM1-1262. This ma ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star cluster have more stellar siblings than we thought  — ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a coronal mass ejection exploding from a star other than our Sun.

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 ...