Though they don't orbit around our sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar ...

Some prehistoric scientific names are notoriously complex - but one of them stands out against the others. With twenty three ...

Comets that have hit Earth have been a mixed bag. Early in Earth's history, during the solar system's chaotic beginning, they ...

A rare and dramatic scene unfolds 140 light-years from Earth. A rocky planet, once whole, is now crumbling to dust under the ...

Echidnas have also been found to have a diving reflex triggered when immersed in water that helps conserve oxygen and prolong breath-holding, and a study of a respiratory protein called myoglobin in ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

The last time I wrote an article here, it was to talk about Afar Region volcanoes, and I promised more to come. This is still a project that I have in mind, but that will have to wait a little ...

A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life ... light coming out of the star can be observed directly and a ...