NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday ...

Independent scientists described the findings as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists say they found indications of potential life on K2-18b, a planet outside our solar system.

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious.

Scientists have detected potential evidence of life on K2-18b, a distant exoplanet. A Cambridge team using NASA’s James Webb ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

Scientists have found what they are calling the strongest sign yet of possible life beyond our solar system after detecting the chemical footprint of gases in an alien planet's atmosphere that on ...

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...