Some of the most common planets in our galaxy may be hiding far more water than scientists can currently detect—even with the ...

The European-led LIFE mission aims to use spacecraft in formation to look for biosignatures.

Astronomers have revised the mass of nearby exoplanet GJ 3378 b, recasting it as a rocky super‑Earth in the habitable zone ...

The search for intelligent alien life goes far beyond listening for simple radio signals. This documentary explores how ...

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed a distant planet located 40,000 light-years away using microlensing for the first time.

Planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system come in all shapes and sizes but mostly fit into a few categories: large and hot gas giants, super-Earths that are slightly larger than our planet, ...

Astronomers have identified a clue hidden in the light of certain stars that's already led them to discover seven new alien planets, with more expected to come. To be clear, these alien planets likely ...

The universe is simply huge, containing billions of stars, planets, and galaxies. When children get to know the enormity of space, a question that comes to mind is, if the universe is so big, why have ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Time works differently in space and on other planets, so the decade-plus that Alien Isolation fans have been waiting for the sequel might have felt like a blink of an eye on a different world. On ...