Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around GJ 1132b - a planet situated 39 light years away.
Astronomers from around the world have been combining their efforts to seek out the new planet.
Scientists at JPL have come up with an ambitious new plan to get a better look at extrasolar planets.
The US Air Force's mysterious space plane is on track to break the mission duration record of 674 days.
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane is being readied for a new series of tests in California.
Scientists have put forward a plan to terraform Mars by surrounding the planet with a magnetic field.
NASA has announced the discovery of seven new planets including three within their star's habitable zone.
The move, if successful, could mean that our own solar system actually has more than 100 planets in it.
An old type of aircraft commonly used during Word War II has been sighted numerous times over Derbyshire.
The significant haul of new worlds includes a potentially habitable 'super-Earth' with a rocky surface.
Do intelligent extraterrestrials see our planet in the same way as we might see a nature reserve ?
Astronomers believe that a planet 14 light years away may be a promising place to look for alien life.
Curiosity has discovered minerals from over several million years of the Red Planet's geological history.
An organization in San Francisco is planning to send messages out to potentially habitable planets.
Scientists have discovered a flow of liquid iron in the planet's core 3000km beneath the surface.
Two new studies have revealed that the dwarf planet Ceres is home to significant quantities of water ice.
A prominent NASA scientist has outlined just how vulnerable our planet is to threats from outer space.
Astronomers have observed strong winds and changing cloud cover on an alien planet for the first time.
Extrasolar planets may not be the only place where it is possible to find signs of extraterrestrial life.
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has returned a set of high-quality test photographs from the Red Planet.