Planetary systems begin in chaos. In their primitive form, many rocky and icy objects are careening through space, smashing ...

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers ...

A world in warming, under most circumstances, tipping toward deep cooling does seem counterintuitive; yet, Earth's geological ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar neighbor, which lies just 4.2 light-years away — thanks to a powerful new ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss ...

Pandora Mission will attempt to capture the atmospheric conditions of 20 planets as they eclipse their respective suns, an ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.

There could be a ninth planet in our solar system that's lying in wait to be discovered - and no, it's not Pluto. Our solar ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere rich with carbon and helium, which is unexpected on this hot planet ...