The search for habitable planets has taken a leap forward with new space telescopes probing exoplanet atmospheres for life.

Finding more minuscule worlds with the latest, highly sensitive instruments could open up a new way of understanding how ...

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

Curiosity has previously discovered small organic molecules on Mars, but these recently found compounds are larger and would ...

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...

An idea that calls for the creation of inflatable starshades for telescopes has been recognized by NASA as part of the ...

Lycoming College invites the Williamsport community and surrounding areas to enjoy a free show in its Detwiler Planetarium on ...

Planets can be extremely hot when they are born, and new computational experiments show that such planets would have an atmosphere composed of a homogenous mixture of hydrogen and water. As the ...

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

A study suggests planets in white dwarf habitable zones could sustain life for billions of years through key biological ...

Scientists already know that a planet must be in the “Goldilocks zone”—not too hot and not too cold—to have liquid water, a ...

The Estes Valley Astronomical Society is offering a free public lecture Saturday, March 29th at the Estes Park Memorial ...