The habitable zone concept is useful for understanding which worlds might, possibly, maybe, be habitable. It highlights exoplanets at the right distances from their stars for liquid water to ...

The Kepler Space Telescope and now TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) have completely transformed our understanding of how planets form and the great diversity of planets that exist. MJ: ...

Analysis: An eclipse gives the opportunity to learn more about the sun, moon, stars, and exoplanets which orbit stars outside the solar system A solar eclipse, like the one that will be visible from ...

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace ...

“This book tries to present the new findings that have come about from these new views of this space over the last 20 years,” ...

How can a planet’s rotational spin help determine the planet’s evolutionary pathway, specifically regarding its climate? This ...

Compact sensor-packed probes, propelled by laser- or Sun-powered sails, could be humanity's first scouts to another star system.

Observations of Exoplanet WASP-69b has uncovered a 350,000-mile-long comet-like tail. The tail is a result of its escaping ...

Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of Harry ...

The recent confirmation of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet called LHS 1140b has created a wave of interest within the ...

Scientists have detected promising evidence that a rocky planet located 49 light-years from Earth could have an atmosphere, ...