With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life. (At least, life as we know it.) But assessing habitability is a difficult ...

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

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away that could harbor liquid water. Early data suggests hints of ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, even though the system is young enough that it should still have a ...

How will NASA's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) mission differentiate Earth-sized exoplanets from other exoplanets, specifically Earth-sized exoplanets within the habitable zone, also ...

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the one orbiting Earth could potentially form. Using data from NASA’s James ...

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 ...

Trump posted about a medical conspiracy theory called 'medbeds.' Here's what's going on.

The Regional Water Board will meet on October 1, 2025 to decide on the approval of a plan that could secure state funding for the Lake Ringgold project, which could significantly impact the future of ...

A NASA logo is displayed at the entrance to the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building on June 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) NASA is inviting the public to join ...

Now, thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have made the first direct measurements of one such disk around a distant planet named CT Cha b, located 625 light-years away. This disk is ...