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 ...

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

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.

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