Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is ...

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of more than two dozen researchers ...

A "super-Earth" has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun, scientists said Wednesday in a breakthrough that could shine a light on Earths nearest planetary neighbours.

The Alpha Centauri star system, located just four light-years from Earth, might host a giant planet in its habitable zone. The observation of a Saturn-sized planet by the James Webb Telescope in ...

A cool interstellar comet that for millions of years has drifted in the spaces between our stars is now back in our telescope viewing range and will make its closest approach to Earth this week. We’re ...