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 ...
Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other planets, ...
Studying and eventually understanding our planet Venus remains our best hope for characterizing earth-mass planets circling ...
From the brightness variations of its host star, an exoplanet’s size and other properties can be determined. In order to ...
This week, encounter the largest marine reptile ever to roam the seas, see a rainbow-like phenomenon on another planet, ...
Astronomers have spotted what they believe to be a rainbow-like phenomenon occurring on a planet outside our solar system for the first time, and it could reveal new insights about alien worlds.
Scientists at Cornell University believe the color might be purple, not green, in our search for life in the universe.
A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New ...