If you have the means, switching to solar energy or a heat pump is also “a huge gift to the planet, and, over time, a huge ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life.

The findings suggest that there are many more targets of opportunity for locating potentially habitable worlds across our ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our nearest solitary stellar neighbor ...

However, the more it has been observed, the more theories have increased that it has similarities with another planet in our solar system, Venus. The closest thing between the two is the layer of ...