Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...

These worlds are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a mysterious smog.

Deep in the cold darkness beyond our Solar System, Oxford-led astronomers have discovered a world that defies easy categorisation: a small, rocky worl.

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond our planet.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Unlikely Collaborators is bringing astrophysicist Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger to Santa Monica for a conversation centered on one of science’s most enduring questions: Are we alone in the universe? The event, ...

It takes no genius to see the parallels between Project Hail Mary and The Martian. Both movies are based on novels by the ...

Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission and the NASA Exoplanet Archive, astronomers at Cornell University have identified 45 rocky exoplanets in the empirical habitable zone and 24 worlds in the narrower ...

Cancer the Crab is a dim constellation, yet it contains one of the most beautiful and easy-to-spot star clusters in our sky: ...

Spread the loveIn the ever-expanding realm of exoplanet research, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has become a beacon of hope for astronomers seeking to unveil the mysteries of distant worlds.

Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and fill the air with the ...