The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...
Scientists have discovered a new way oxygen can form in carbon-dioxide-rich atmospheres of worlds beyond our own —- challenging assumptions about how we should search for life on other planets, and ...
The remaining dust and gas form a protoplanetary disk that ... comparable to what astronomers have observed in other systems where giant planets were forming. The most impressive of these was ...