Planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system come in all shapes and sizes but mostly fit into a few categories: large and hot ...

CoRoT-2 b is a hot Jupiter 696 light-years away whose thermal hotspot is shifted in the wrong direction. New VLT data ...

A Stanford scientist's model suggests many small rocky planets can't sustain atmospheres, potentially explaining the scarcity ...

There might be many more planets that could be home to aliens than we thought, according to a new study. For years, scientists ...

Scientists may have just taken one of the biggest steps yet in the search for life beyond Earth. Meet K2 18 b, a distant ...

For generations, artists and science-fiction writers have imagined alien landscapes beneath twin sunsets. The image became iconic ...

Astronomers have identified a clue hidden in the light of certain stars that's already led them to discover seven new alien ...

The green colour of Earth's forests is not accidental. Plants contain chlorophyll, a pigment that absorbs red and blue ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it ...