Exoplanets

A graphical review of major scientific milestones over the past four decades helps put the search for life into perspective

Astronomers have found more than 3700 worlds outside of our solar system in the past 25 years. How do they find them?

After more than a decade of searching, scientists finally detect the element billowing out of a gas giant

One planet, modified by life, racing into the future. Our species should gear up

Time to bring the search for extraterrestrial technosignatures all the way in from the cold

The time is ripe for getting really serious about other worlds, and other life

Talking to the rest of the universe takes a whole lot of patience

This infographic highlights the diversity of our closest stellar neighbors and the planets they host

The second-closest, properly sunlike star seems to be at least as interesting as the Alpha Centauri stars

We've got a doomsday clock, how about a set of running odds on what happens to us?

It's hardly the most pressing concern for Earth, but there might be a way to forewarn ourselves

A new institute gains steam, together with a new set of ideas on matter, life and information