By putting a huge umbrella into space, we could come closer to finding extraterrestrial life
Potential new hunting ground for exoplanets discovered
Eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new place to search for planets outside our Solar System
Astronomers witness star stripping away young planet’s atmosphere
Astronomers searching for the galaxy’s youngest planets have found compelling evidence for one unlike any other
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Earth provides fresh clues in hunt for life on other planets
Observations of our planet may have brought us a step closer in our search for living organisms elsewhere in the universe
How do we find exoplanets using their star’s speed?
It’s a way of finding distant worlds, so how does it work?
Kepler mission to be brought back from the dead?
With plans to extend its mission, could the exoplanet hunter be given a second shot at science?