With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...
For centuries, people have wondered whether we’re alone in the universe. No one’s shaken hands with aliens yet, but scientists […] ...
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 ...