Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 ...

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 ...

A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars -- and Imperial scientists provided crucial context.Led by NASA ...

University of Bristol astrophysicists are helping shed new light on an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away where liquid water in the form of a ...

Cosmic dust, it turns out, isn’t made of miniature rocks. It’s fluff. A comprehensive analysis of data from space missions, ...

Astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in space exploration by discovering over 6,000 planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. This milestone has not only expanded our ...

The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable ...

Imagine taking a trip to the star system Alpha Centauri. It’s 25 trillion miles away, and it will take 400 years to get there ...

Perseverance represents more than a machine. It is a proxy extending humanity’s senses across millions of miles to an alien ...

"Understanding these weather processes will be crucial as we continue to discover and characterize exoworlds in the future." ...