The James Webb Space Telescope detected intriguing chemical signatures in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet known as K2-18b. Some of these molecules are associated with biological processes on ...

Aging stars can completely destroy their planets. When a star reaches the end of its life on the main sequence, it goes ...

A plan to build a light-polluting green hydrogen plant near one of the world's most important astronomical observatories has ...

Astronomers have identified an Earth-like exoplanet 146 light-years away with a similar orbit and a Sun-like star. Could it ...

A planet that may exist, and may be habitable or may be frozen, has been discovered on an Earth-like orbit around a star 146 ...

Now, a discovery by NASA has raised the tantalising possibility that we're not alone after all. The US space agency has ...

Big Earth Data Journal is calling for papers for a Special Issue on 10th Anniversary Special Issue of Big Earth Data. The journal has published pioneering research that leverages Earth observations, ...

Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysica | Space ...

NASA has announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star that shares several other similarities with ...

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

We are getting close to being able to see signs of life on different worlds, says exoplanet pioneer Didier Queloz. Quantum mechanics is mind-blowing at the best of times. Sean Carroll explores perhaps ...

A newly identified planet orbiting a Sun-like star sits near the edge of the habitable zone, making it a compelling target for future study.