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 ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking development, astronomers have identified potential biosignatures on an exoplanet, a discovery that could ...

Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...

The indeterminate nature of the team's results means that JWST is far from finished with TRAPPIST-1e. The researchers hope to ...

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

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

Dark matter is one of the biggest puzzles in science. Although it makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, it ...

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

TRAPPIST-1e is the fourth planet in the red dwarf star system TRAPPIST-1, and it orbits firmly within the star's habitable ...

There are seven rocky planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1. The James Webb Space Telescope now has one of the most exciting ones in ...