Latest about exoplanets
Strange radio signals detected from Earth-like planet could be a magnetic field necessary for life
Earth's magnetic field protects life on our blue planet — and astronomers just found evidence of a magnetic field on a rocky exoplanet 12 light-years away.
James Webb telescope detects light from a small, Earth-like planet — and finds it's missing its atmosphere
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope measured the temperature of the Earth-like planet TRAPPIST-1b and found that it is too hot for humans and likely has no atmosphere.
James Webb telescope spots dust storm raging on a giant planet nearly 20 times the size of Jupiter
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed a massive dust storm in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet located 40 light-years from Earth.
Aliens could be hiding in 'terminator zones' on planets with eternal night
Alien life could thrive in terminator zones, the edges between the light and dark sides of planets that are tidally locked with their host stars.
'Unstable' moons may be obliterating alien life across the universe
Simulations show that collisions between moons and planets may be a regular danger for possible extraterrestrial life.
Deep space 'hurricanes' could point the way to alien worlds
When new planets form in distant solar systems, they carve out 'hurricanes' and 'vortices' in the surrounding dust that could lead astronomers straight to them.
Alien life could be turning harsh planets into paradises — and astronomers want to find them
Early life made an inhospitable Earth more habitable, and aliens could be doing the same thing on their worlds, new research proposes.
Why hasn't ET phoned Earth? Maybe aliens are waiting for the exact right moment.
A new search for alien signals focuses on planetary transits, when exoplanets pass right in front of their suns.
