A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this ...

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

A lot of the weather information Americans rely on starts with real-time data collected by NOAA satellites, airplanes, ...

Furthermore, analyzing the starlight passing through the atmosphere of a planet can tell researchers the composition of that atmosphere. This is possible because elements absorb light at different ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...