The new exoplanet Elias 2-24 b is the youngest ever discovered, still forming in a cloud of debris around a young star just ...

Science fiction suggests that life on other planets, if it exists, is likely far more advanced than life on Earth. A recent ...

When people think about space threats, they usually imagine asteroid impacts, solar storms, or distant supernova explosions. But some scientists warn that the most serious danger may be something far ...

Astronomers have detected radio waves coming directly from an exoplanet for the first time. The signal from Beta Pictoris b could reveal secrets about its powerful magnetic field and auroras.

Aliens lived on a certain planet.They had built a civilization far more advanced than Earth's.They had overcome disease, aging, and even death. As a result, the planet's surface became too small, so t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a watery exoplanet with a red dwarf sun overhead. A new study suggests that the exoplanet GJ 3378b, which ...