KOI 5715.01, a planet 3,000 light-years away, offers superior habitability to Earth with a longer-lived star and billions ...

According to Paul Robertson, associate professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine, discovering new exoplanets is common ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

A new super-Earth GJ 251 c, located a mere 20 light-years from Earth, is shaping up as one of the most promising prospects to ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept deep into the oceanic mantle, sparking volcanic activity in unexpected ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

"Alien: Earth" has been renewed for Season 2 at FX. Series creator Noah Hawley has signed an overall deal with FX and Disney ...