A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

Make room, earthling. We’re moving the other planets in our Solar System into our planetary neck of the woods. Would all the ...

Pandora Mission will attempt to capture the atmospheric conditions of 20 planets as they eclipse their respective suns, an ...

But the Big Bang theory predicts that about 5% of the universe's contents should be atoms made of protons, neutrons and ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...