A white dwarf is a small, dense remnant left behind after a star dies, still emitting heat even after it has burned out. Some planets may orbit around it, close enough to remain warm, and potentially ...

A rocky, Earth-size planet located in our Milky Way galaxy may have an atmosphere around it, according to new research, ...

JWST data reveal first insights on TRAPPIST-1 e, a planet in the habitable zone that may have conditions suitable for ...

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...

A team of researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, discovered that liquid water once flowed on the asteroid ...

Nasa’s Perseverance rover has uncovered new evidence of chemical activity on Mars that could suggest the planet was once ...

U-M researchers have helped publish the first results from JWST observations of a planet called TRAPPIST-1 e. It's orbiting its host star in the ...

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected ...

The discovery that water existed in liquid form a billion years after the parent body of Ryugu formed came from the study of ...

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...