In the search for planets beyond our solar system, many scientists focus on finding worlds that could support life. But ...

A massive exoplanet 750 light-years away is shrouded in near-total darkness—its atmosphere so black, it reflects almost no ...

Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of other planets doesn't mean there's life. Ozone is a sign of life on Earth ...

When searching for life in the Universe (aka. astrobiology), scientists use strategies that go by various names. For example, ...

The ocean covers most of Earth and may exist beyond it—scientists now suspect a distant exoplanet could be entirely covered ...

THERE are planets beyond our own that could be hiding untouched paradises.  Exoplanet LHS 1140 b is just one of them – and ...

But what is the science behind extraterrestrial life? Is it possible that humans will ever experience "first contact" with an ...

Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the ...

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's ...

Scientists have discovered unknown bacteria that have never been seen on Earth living inside a cabin on China 's Tiangong ...

Recent observations by JWST of TRAPPIST-1 c ruled out a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, indicating that the planet is not as ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...