New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The idea of making a home in space is rapidly shifting from possibility to reality. Today, those anniversaries serve as a ...

One may easily regard oneself as no more than a speck compared to the universe. Thirteen and eight-tenths billion years after the Big Bang, the universe has expanded to such an extent that light, ...

Are we alone in the universe? Are we alone in the universe? The search for exoplanets—planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system—is helping scientists get closer to an answer. From hot Jupiters to ...

Elon Musk predicts a dramatic shift in how and where AI computing will be hosted not on Earth, but in orbit. The SpaceX and xAI boss says space could soon become the most cost-effective home for ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiter planets is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimension, a team of astronomers says. Using data from NASA's James Webb ...