This planet, located about 700 light-years from Earth, is known for its remarkably short orbital period and extreme surface ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Imagine a massive celestial body colliding with Uranus at high speed; this impact could have 'overturned' Uranus, causing its ...

A new Big Bang model does away with speculative elements, putting gravitational waves at the forefront of the creation of ...

While radio waves are the method of choice when searching for signals of intelligent alien life, other detectable signs also ...

The odds for life existing on other planets has just skyrocketed after a NASA rover unearthed new evidence on Mars. The odds ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

Comets may have delivered the seeds of life to Earth, scientists say. They could also have delivered similar building blocks of life to other planets. A new study could help narrow down the search for ...

Knowable Magazine reports that neutrinos may help explain the universe's missing antimatter, shedding light on ...

Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical? Technically, planets are round, by definition; they need to have enough ...

Earth is pretty special, and as far as we know, the only place in the universe with life. But how special is it really? There ...

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...