Just over four light-years away, the Alpha Centauri system holds the closest worlds beyond our own that might support life.

Eventually, we'll launch a mission dedicated solely to studying an interstellar object. When that day comes, which one should ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if there were an alien civilization on Proxima b.

The young planetary system of the 23-million-year-old star Beta Pictoris (short: Beta Pic) is regarded as an iconic ...

Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have led an international team in the discovery of a rare new planet, which is ...

New observations of WD 1856 b, a gas giant closely orbiting a white dwarf, offer a preview of what could happen to Jupiter ...

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations reveal that the so-called “Roasted Planet” is getting cooked by its host ...

Astronomers found nearby exoplanet GJ 3378b may be more Earth-like than thought, strengthening its chances of supporting life ...

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...

A new year brings a fresh Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker designed to record the significant amount of venture capital that flows into biopharma. We’re keeping the same guidelines used for last ...

NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has a new method for detecting worlds beyond the solar system, and it is thanks to ...