Scientists are one step closer to finding possible life on Planet K2-18b, which is twice as big as Earth and 120 light-years ...
A discovery recently made by a few astronomers could soon prove to be the biggest one ever. We might be a few months from ...
In her new book, astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger explores how scientists might find life elsewhere in the universe.
K2-18 b is an exoplanet that recently captured the attention of astronomers due to the presence of DMS gas molecules in its ...
Some stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of "stellar detectives" are ...
Instead of using chlorophyll, the green organelle that most plants have today used for photosynthesis, purple bacteria uses ...
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with an unprecedented glimpse of a distant exoplanet, shedding ...
Similar to Earth but incapable of sustaining life. Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing ...
The atmosphere of a planet is also influenced by its interior ... search for life elsewhere in the universe is that we’ll never have in situ data for an exoplanet. We aren’t going there, landing, or ...
The search for extrasolar planets is currently undergoing a seismic shift. With the deployment of the Kepler Space Telescope ...
Venus provides invaluable insights into the search for life on other planets, according to a new study from UC Riverside.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is poised to investigate seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star, 40 light ...