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

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

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

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

Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search for potential signs of life. The discovery of a potential “super-Earth” loca ...

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

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 ...

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

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

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

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