Temperature readings from Saturn's moon Enceladus suggests its subsurface liquid water ocean may be stable enough for life to evolve.
Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...
What: New research suggests Uranus’s moon Ariel once hosted, or may still contain, a deep subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust. Guests: Planetary scientist Dr. Ca ...
Researchers have discovered more than 6,000 exoplanets in our Milky Way. Of these, the sub-Neptune class, which are smaller ...
Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...
Recent research has challenged the traditional view that water on planets must be delivered from space, suggesting instead ...
New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.
In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...
Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...
Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...
As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for ...