The largest known exoplanet has seven times the radius of Jupiter, 752 times its mass, and would take five months to ...

A planet recently scored 0.836 on the habitability index, slightly higher than Earth, using factors like orbit shape, ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?

Researchers have developed a new technology that can shape the spectrum of light emitted from a laser frequency comb across ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is slated to be the next Great Observatory for the world. Its main focus has been ...

Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...

Scientists have studied our solar system, which is home to eight major planets and more than 400 known moons orbiting six of them, to understand the new phase of the moon formation observed around ...

The four presenters will have 10 minutes apiece to compete by using the planetarium visuals, explaining a part of the universe to the audience.

“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength ...

According to the researchers, because it is rocky and located in the star's habitable zone, it may be habitable.