Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have picked up signs of cloud cover on two extrasolar planets.
NASA has developed a new type of landing apparatus that could make exploring other worlds much easier.
Astronomers believe that there could be an exoplanet orbiting a nearby pair of brown dwarf stars.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up signs of water in the atmospheres of several distant worlds.
Scientists believe that our universe is filled with far more habitable planets than previously thought.
Since 1992 the number of planets discovered orbiting distant stars has been growing exponentially.
The two largest planets in our solar system may be home to diamond rain and liquid diamond oceans.
The fuel needed to send space probes on missions to other planets could run out within ten years.
Astronomers believe that the moons around extrasolar planets may not be good candidates for life.