For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, the University of Warwick, and the Canary Islands ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

Discover Our Solar System Through Detailed 3D Models Forget dusty textbooks and flat diagrams. We’re talking about ...

The pilots will have five chances to snag the capsule in midair. Military pilots were unavailable for a mission that required ...

Some planets may be soot-rich rather than water-based. Atmosphere studies will be key to understanding their true nature. Astronomers generally consider water worlds to be among the most common types ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most promising places to study Earth-like planets outside our solar system. Among its seven rocky ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

Located at a relatively close distance of 41 light years from Earth, the Trappist-1 system has attracted significant ...

New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the “habitable zone”, the region around a star where ...