Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, ...

About 99% of Earth is uninhabitable; in deep underground places with high pressure and temperature, even the toughest ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But ...

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new planet which is six times as large as the Earth and could host alien life.

Found by Dr Michael Cretignier of the University of Oxford, the planet has a mass six times greater than Earth's and orbits ...

Little Friends We've heard of underground parties — but this is ridiculous. A recently released study authored by microbial ...

A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...

Foraminifera, though eukaryotic, have adapted to use chemoautotrophy to enable them to survive where oxygen and sunlight are ...

The author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club on the science that lies behind his novel Alien Clay, set on a ...

The exciting discovery just 20 light-years away from Earth could play a 'pivotal role' in the search for life on other ...