NASA has announced a new milestone in the hunt for planets around other star systems, known as "exoplanets". Humanity has ...

But in reality, it may be the beginning of a new phase of life for all the objects living in the solar system. When stars like the sun die, they go through a phase of rapid expansion called the Red ...

Early results on the fourth planet from the TRAPPIST-1 star suggest it lost its original atmosphere to space long ago, and it ...

Astronomers utilized data from the Gemini South telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from NASA to detect silane (SiH₄) in the atmosphere of "The Accident." This simple molecule ...

University of Florida astronomers have discovered that a third of the planets around the most common stars in the galaxy could be in a goldilocks orbit close enough to hold onto liquid water – and ...

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. In 2006, ...

A detailed study of a cosmic mystery known as "The Accident" has now provided new insight into the formation of clouds on ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star located about 40 light years away that hosts seven Earth-sized rocky planets, with at least ...

Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, ...