When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet ...

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Dimethyl sulfide is cool—and a potential biosignature—but scientists are urging caution before we declare a plankton party ...

The weather gets a little wild and weird on Jupiter. How wild? Spacecraft instruments have measured strong winds, tracked ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

NASA scientists have discovered a distant planet with storms that rage nonstop, creating one of the most extreme weather ...

Astronomers detected potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, but findings remain inconclusive. Claims of alien life ...

Last week, a team of scientists claimed to have discovered possible signs of life on a nearby planet. in fact, their evidence ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

The crew of an alien spacecraft entering the Solar System, maybe looking for planets bearing alien life, would be struck by ...

Scientists have pondered why Mars seemed to be missing sufficient carbonates indicative of its warm, wet past. Now, NASA’s ...