Astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in space exploration by discovering over 6,000 planets outside our solar ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected evidence suggesting that TRAPPIST-1 e, a rocky planet located in the habitable zone of its star, might possess an atmosphere. This discovery opens ...

Scientists think there may be a ninth planet hiding in the distant reaches of the solar system — and a new telescope could finally prove its existence. | Credit: Nicholas Forder for Live Science Deep ...

There is only one planet we know of, so far, that is drenched with life. That planet is Earth, as you may have guessed, and it has all the right conditions for critters to thrive on its surface. Do ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Kevin France, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses the Habitable Worlds Observatory, ...

Science fiction films have shaped our collective imagination into believing that any planet harboring extra-terrestrial life would look like a lush green utopia, somewhat like Earth. But fresh ...

Astronomers have long been on the hunt for "Planet Nine," a hypothetical planet that lies within our solar system just beyond Neptune. Scientific evidence has alternately pointed to and against the ...

Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly. Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks ...

solar systems that are very different from our own, according to a new study by an Ohio State University astronomer and his colleagues. now we’ll have the tools to do it." Gould is on the science team ...

Astronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for almost a decade, without success. However, we may finally be on the cusp of finding it, experts say.