A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists anywhere else besides Earth.

Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of other planets doesn't mean there's life. Ozone is a sign of life on Earth ...

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

The search for life on exoplanet K2-18b faces fresh challenges as new research questions previous claims. Scientists debate ...

These observations allowed the team to divide exoplanets into two groups, one that consists of super-Earths and Neptune-like planets and the other comprising gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn.

Ensuring that future facilities like the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) and the Habitable Worlds ... Pre-existing volcanism enabled the formation of a range of land and oceanic ...

Almost 30 years after the first planet outside our solar system was discovered, more than 7,000 other exoplanets have been identified. Now, it’s time to add another to the list. A team of researchers ...

Things like the amount of ice cover, clouds in the atmosphere, land cover vs. ocean cover, and even vegetation all affect Earth's albedo. We live in an age of exoplanet discovery. We now know of ...

scientists discovered that an exoplanet named HD 189733 b contains hydrogen sulfide, a colorless gas emitted by decaying organic matter with a strong, egg-like odor. In addition to hydrogen ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet sitting just 40 light years away from our solar system, making it the closest potentially habitable world to us yet. The planet, which orbits ...

While the Earth is often called “the Pale Blue Dot” thanks to its bountiful oceans, most of the planet’s land masses are ... life on other Earth-like exoplanets (especially those orbiting ...

the researchers simulated how those wavelengths would look coming from a variety of potential exoplanets: an Earth-like environment with 70% ocean and 30% land, a 100% ocean world, a 100% frozen ...