June 12, 2020 The ingredients for life appear well before stars are born, researchers say A newly published study says that the building blocks for life appear in stellar nurseries -- areas in deep space where new stars are formed -- well before the stars actually form.
June 10, 2020 Planets that have 'significant airborne dust' could be home to alien life, study says Though humanity has yet to discover the presence of extraterrestrial life, that has not stopped astronomers from suggesting the universe is teeming with life. A new study suggests that planets with "significant airborne dust" could be the places to look.
June 9, 2020 Saturn's moon, Titan, which could support life, moving away from ringed planet faster than previously believed Researchers have discovered that Saturn's moon, Titan, which could support extraterrestrial life, is moving away from the ringed planet 100 times faster than previously believed.
June 8, 2020 Finding 'young Earths' in deep space might be easier than initially believed, study says More than 4,000 exoplanets have been identified, but a new study suggests that the probability of finding "young Earth-like planets" is higher than previously believed.
May 29, 2020 Presence of 'one of the most interesting planets' Proxima b confirmed Scientists have confirmed the existence of the exoplanet Proxima b, a planet just 4.2 light-years from Earth. Given how close it is to its star, Proxima Centauri, it could have liquid water, and "therefore, harbor life."
May 19, 2020 Astronomer puts odds on extraterrestrial life existing: 'Universe teeming with life ... the favored bet' Despite no clear-cut evidence, mankind has wondered for eons whether we're alone in the universe. One astronomer, however, is almost sure that extraterrestrial life exists.
May 13, 2020 'One in a million' Super-Earth discovered in deep space Researchers have found a Super-Earth exoplanet they describe as "one in a million" in deep space.
May 8, 2020 'Weird' exoplanet 800 light-years from Earth has yellow skies and iron rain Researchers have found the weird exoplanet WASP-79b, nearly 800 light-years from Earth, does not have a blue sky as our planet does. Instead, its skies are yellow.
May 8, 2020 Mysterious Planet 9 could be found using futuristic spacecraft, theoretical physicist suggests The hypothetical Planet 9 has been bandied about for several years, first mentioned in 2014, but researchers have yet to find it. Now, a well-known theoretical physicist believes we could find the mysterious object using "laser-launched spacecraft."
May 4, 2020 Newly discovered exoplanet has three times the mass of Jupiter A newly-discovered exoplanet more than 1,200 light-years from Earth has three times the mass of Jupiter and is the new "king" of its solar system.
