On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

When NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009, its mission was clear: to explore the stars and uncover distant ...

Within one of the "toe beans" of the feline footprint exists a subset of "mini toe bean-reminiscent" structures composed of gas, dust and young stars, according to NASA. The Webb telescope's NIRCam ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery ...

Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known for powerful flaring, and since they're dim and their habitable zones are ...

Telescopes allow scientists to analyze starlight passing through distant planets’ atmospheres, revealing clues about their ...

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

Astronomers have found a new exoplanet named TOI-1846 b. This planet is nearly twice the size of Earth. It may contain a lot ...

Earth" that is located about 154 light-years away and is nearly twice as big and four times as massive as our planet.

TOI-1846 b's discovery adds to the growing catalog of exoplanets that could offer insights into planetary formation and ...