Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Astronomers have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James Webb Space ...

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...

Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has wondered whether we are alone in the universe. Some people—myself ...

Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

In a groundbreaking discovery, a team of astronomers led by Dimitri Veras at the University of Warwick has observed a white ...

Astronomy has changed significantly since then, and even Pluto has seen its status as a planet demoted to a mere dwarf planet. But what exactly is that? And what does it take for a planet to be put in ...

Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define ...

Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to check if another Earth-sized planet orbits Proxima Centauri, our nearest star.

Our planet’s fate has been sealed in the stars: in about five billion years, Earth will be engulfed by the sun, ending all ...

What can sub-Neptune exoplanets teach astronomers about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in ...