On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

Gavin Wang, a rising senior studying physics and mathematics, has been named a 2025 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut ...

Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known for powerful flaring, and since they're dim and their habitable zones are ...

Imagine stepping onto a distant exoplanet, where vast alien oceans stretch beyond the horizon. Based on data from missions ...

The double star system is called HD 135344 AB and it's about 440 light-years away from Earth. A and B are both young stars, ...

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) at the University of Sharjah (UoS) organised a ...

The star HIP 67522 with a flare erupting toward an orbiting planet, HIP 67522 b, is depicted in this illustration released by ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have identified TOI-1846 b, a super-Earth exoplanet located 154 light-years away.

The chemical basis of the lichen’s resistance lies in its UV-opaque cortex, a structural layer enriched with phenolic lichen ...

Astronomy’s latest trophy planet, TOI-4465 b, is a lumbering gas giant six times heavier than Jupiter. Its existence came to ...

Here, Cyril tells us about his work and how it could help answer the ultimate astronomical question – is there life elsewhere ...