Space
We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow
Most of the closest exoplanets we’ve found orbit stars that can release flares of dangerous UV light, but those very flares might force life to evolve to glow
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Physics
How the coolest, smallest stars could help us discover new exoplanets
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Space
Two planets orbiting a nearby star could have oceans and maybe life
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Space
Three newly discovered exoplanets orbit a star 73 light years away
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Space
Earth could have more water than we thought while exoplanets have less
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Space
The weirdest stars we’ve ever seen have astronomers utterly baffled
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Space
Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life
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Space
How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets
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Space
We may be witnessing the birth of an exomoon around a distant world
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Space
Battle of the exomoon: Astronomers can’t agree on controversial find
What appeared to be the first moon ever discovered around a planet circling another star may not really exist, but it seems like we’ll never know for sure
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Space
Our nearest neighbour Proxima Centauri may host a second exoplanet
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Space
Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar
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Space
A dead planet is orbiting a dead sun in a distant dead solar system
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Space
We’ve found 4000 exoplanets but almost zero are right for life
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