The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to ...

A new concept for a next generation space telescope could provide an affordable breakthrough in the hunt for Earth's twin.

Earth is the only planet known to host life. All living systems depend heavily on liquid water. While single-celled life appeared early, complex life took billions. Human existence is tiny compared to ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are helping to lead planning efforts for NASA’s next major space telescope ...

Prof Heidi Newberg is an astrophysicist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research focuses primarily on understanding ...

If there is about one Earth-like planet orbiting the average sun-like star, then we would find around 30 promising planets, a team proposes in the new paper.