NASA is inviting the public to take part in 36 “citizen science” projects that let volunteers contribute to real scientific ...

A new study rules out the existence of global oceans of water on Neptune-like planets such as K2-18b, finding their water ...

With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...