A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

In this well documented if somewhat mistitled book, he chronicles the sad destruction of the planet Earth by the human ... four more planet Earths. The Future of Life has only seven chapters ...

Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may have conditions suitable for life.

Mars is apparently not the only planet on our radar capable of sustaining life. UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super-Earth” located ... is hope for future space missions ...

What species will become the next rulers of Earth when humans are no longer dominant? Which creatures might inherit the throne?

Scientists appear to be one step closer in their mission to finding life outside Earth - after finding a ... makes it an ideal candidate for future telescopes whose mission will be to observe ...

The exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – has a mass six times greater than that of Earth, and orbits in the “habitable zone” of a nearby star similar to our sun ...

F or now, the future of life on Earth is in human hands. But after the anthropocentric era, the situation starts to get dicey. The sun's luminosity is increasing over time, about 1% every 110 ...