NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid ...

These markings on the planet’s surface stood out in satellite images and were thought to be a flow of liquid, but a new study ...

Thus, there must be billions of planets that lack intelligent forms of life; but it is no surprise that some must have intelligent life: “There’s at least 100 billion planets in just our galaxy,” says ...

Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are ...

Looking back, he said the "prettiest" country he's seen would be South Africa (especially Cape Town), but he quickly ...

An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers ...

"By studying these planets, we can better understand how planets form in general, a bit like peering into the past of our ...

A planetary system described as abnormal, chaotic, and strange by researchers has come into clearer view with NASA's James ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies ...

Astronomers have captured silicate clouds and a mysterious disk around two giant young exoplanets, revealing surprises that ...