A new study has highlighted the potential for finding habitable extrasolar worlds around F-type stars.
Here on Earth we take day and night for granted, but such a cycle might not even exist on some planets.
This relatively nearby world, which is a lot larger than our own, is situated approximately 49 light-years away.
Has the James Webb Space Telescope found life on a distant extrasolar world or could there be an alternative explanation ?
A gas discovered in the atmosphere of this distant extrasolar planet is 'only produced by life', say scientists.
Astronomers have identified a potentially habitable extrasolar planet situated around 137 light-years away.
Scientists have come up with a way to find planets capable of supporting dinosaur-like extraterrestrial creatures.
The planet, known as Wasp-107b, was recently revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The James Webb Space Telescope's latest discovery is significant, but have we really found life on an alien world ?
The newly discovered world, which is 41 light-years away, is almost exactly the same size as the Earth.
Situated 40 light-years away, this hellish terrestrial world is like nothing found in our own solar system.
Astronomers have announced that they have identified a relatively nearby exoplanet with the potential to host alien life.
Scientists have identified a relatively nearby exoplanet that appears to be made up almost entirely of water.
Two astrophysicists explore the possibilities of using the new telescope to analyze the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
A new study has suggested that extraterrestrials could hitch a ride across the cosmos on rogue extrasolar worlds.
A theoretical new type of telescope could make it possible to obtain close-up views of extrasolar worlds.
Over the last 30 years, scientists have succeeded in identifying a staggering 5,000 planets in distant solar systems.
Astronomers have identified a new extrasolar planet that is thought to be comprised of more than 80% iron.
Some extrasolar worlds are so large and so hot that they experience weather like nothing seen on Earth.
Scouring the cosmos for evidence of extraterrestrial life is going to be a major priority in the coming decades.