Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

As the extraordinary pace of astronomical discovery carries on, we increasingly see that the stuff of life is spread throughout the cosmos. Life, even complex life, must be common out there.

The team used more than a decade’s worth of observations of Uranus’ unique aurorae taken with Hubble and refined the planet’s ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by dynamic interactions with its companion. An international team of researchers ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

It would be nearly impossible to make the Earth as inhospitable to life as the planet Mars — not that we aren’t trying. And ...

The confirmed discovery of exoplanets revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Among the thousands of confirmed ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Last year, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made a captivating discovery in the area of planets beyond Earth. A unique planet named 55 Cancri e was discovered, situated around 41 light-years ...