An international team of astronomers has shown for the first time that it is possible to map exoplanets using a technique ...

New planet is one of the best ever hopes for seeing alien life, scientists say - Less than 20 light years away, we could soon ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life began on Earth—and maybe ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

In “Citizen Science in Astronomy (Part 7),” SETI Institute astronomers Dr. Franck Marchis and Dr. Lauren Sgro highlight two rare and compelling discoveries and the crucial role of citizen scientists ...

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human ...

A possible cousin of Pluto seems to be circling the far reaches of the solar system. The dwarf planet candidate 2017 OF201 travels in a superwide orbit, with the sun relatively near one end of its ...