NASA has just announced a groundbreaking discovery: 10 new Earth-like planets beyond our solar system that could potentially ...

Researchers were surprised to find giant gas planets orbiting quite near to their stars. Yet novelists had already imagined ...

The search for life on other worlds needs a way to sift through the chemistry of their atmospheres. If another species ...

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U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced the discovery of gases on a faraway planet that may be the same as those produced by ocean plankton on Earth. But a North Carolina ...

When searching for life in the Universe (aka. astrobiology), scientists use strategies that go by various names. For example, ...

Webb’s powerful instruments have detected crystalline water ice in a distant star system, offering rare insight into planet ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

Quantum coronagraph filters stellar light using spatial photon sorting New tech may image Earth-like exoplanets near ...

Methyl halides, detected in space, are key biosignatures in the search for extraterrestrial life, indicating potential ...