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

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 ...

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

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

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

Astronomers have long been trying to find life beyond our own planet, and a new discovery might just be a promising location ...

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

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

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

And, as if that weren't interesting enough, one crew is also thinking about what this ejecta can hold. Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life. "We're trying to figure out how much mass is ...

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 ...