In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...

When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery.

These distant worlds are called exoplanets: planets that exist outside our solar system. Most of the exoplanets scientists have discovered so far orbit stars within the Milky Way, but some lie even ...

TRAPPIST-1e, just 40 light-years away, may host a nitrogen-rich atmosphere, making it the most Earth-like exoplanet ...

When astronomers observe a planet passing in front of its star, the slight dip in starlight reveals a wealth of information.

For a long time, the planet TRAPPIST-1e, located 40 light years from Earth, has been considered a target in the search for extraterrestrial habitable worlds. An international team, utilizing the ...

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

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

On September 11, 2025, astrophysicists at Michigan State University (MSU) revealed potential characteristics of other solar ...

Using radial velocity measurements, an international team of astronomers has identified a second planet orbiting a nearby ...

Astronomers studying an oddball brown dwarf called “The Accident” have finally spotted silane, a long-predicted silicon ...