In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

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

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

What if we told you the NASA has found a planet were we could potentially dip our toes in a few generation? Meet TOI-270d, ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure diabetes and more.

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

New research using NASA's powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere.

It's the fifth such life-possible planet outside our solar system revealed in less than a year, but still relatively nearby Earth. WASHINGTON - Astronomers have found yet another planet that seems to ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of calm, pancake-shaped structures of dust and gas, astronomers have now ...

In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds silently loop around their stars. Some drift as far as 10,000 times the distance ...