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

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

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from outside the Solar System, might have been spewing gases for months ...

In a significant leap forward in the quest for extraterrestrial life, NASA recently announced the detection of oxygen in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated the "Goldilocks zone" planet TRAPPIST-1e to search for a potential atmosphere ...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet ...

Scientists are steadily ruling out habitable conditions on the seven planets of the star Trappist-1. On one of the worlds, a ...

Astronomers have recently made an exciting discovery: an exoplanet, merely 12 light-years away from our own planet, is home to liquid water, a crucial ingredient for life as we know it. Understanding ...

"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark ...

The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

Learn more about the planet that's 40 light-years away and resides within a Goldilocks Zone.