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.

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

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

Last year, we reported on the discovery of an intriguing arrow-shaped rock on Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover. The rock contained chemical signatures and structures that could have been formed by ...

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

Over the course of more than two decades, researchers at the University of Bern have developed the so-called "Bern model," a ...

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