The exoplanet is located 41 light-years ... be a candidate for alien life thanks to its one-of-a-kind surface. Scientists studying the world with JWST found that the planet may be covered in ...

NASA's alien planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope is pretty good at its job, a new statistical analysis suggests. In total, the study, published Tuesday in the Astrophysical Journal, validates ...

As of January 2012, the tally of confirmed alien worlds has skyrocketed to just over 720. However, the hunt is still on for a truly Earthlike planet, one with the right size, temperature ...