Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky Way than any ground-based telescope before it. It's difficult to overstate ...

Ever since we found an exoplanet around the nearest star from Earth, there's been intense interest in whether it could host life. Today's news points in the opposite direction. Share on Facebook ...

With the promise of revolutionizing our view of nearby star systems, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is poised to do something no ground-based observatory has done before: detect potential signs ...

Within a few dozen light years of the Sun, the sky is crowded with stars that could, in principle, host living worlds. I want ...

Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ...

In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima b) in its habitable zone. At first glance, Proxima Centauri seems nothing like our Sun ...

Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri. The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits ...

The crew of The Ark (streaming now on Peacock) abandoned a dying Earth in pursuit of humanity’s new home on Proxima centauri b. That world does have one thing going for it, it’s nearby, orbiting the ...

08:39, Wed, Aug 26, 2020 Updated: 08:44, Wed, Aug 26, 2020 NASA astronomers searching for signs of life in the Universe are on the hunt for potentially habitable exoplanets. These are alien worlds ...

What can star variability—changes in a star's brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal ...

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