Earth, HD 20794 d, lies in a nearby planetary system and orbits within its star’s habitable zone. Its unusual elliptical orbit could impact its potential for life, making it a fascinating subject for ...

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Hubble's study reveals Andromeda experienced major galactic collisions, unlike Milky Way. Its satellite galaxies show unusual ...

If life exists on other planets, it needs to be adaptable to extreme environments. To get a clue of what it might look like, ...

SPACE is a deadly place – and we’re all living at its mercy on a little blue rock. Thankfully we know that asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

A family portrait of the Andromeda galaxy and its orbiting dwarf satellites raises questions about how galaxies evolve.

Six planets are visible in the night sky right now. On Feb. 28, Mercury will add a seventh planet to the planetary parade. Venus, Mars and Jupiter are 'great naked-eye targets' for beginning ...

It's not too late to see the planet parade. Stargazers will be able to see four or five planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. A rare seven-planet alignment will reportedly be ...

Well, truthfully, not much. A planetary alignment occurs "when the planets 'line up' on the same side of the sun, generally speaking," Gerard van Belle, Lowell Observatory's director of science ...

Is it time to abandon it? The Habitable Zone is defined as the region around a star where liquid water can exist on the surface of a planet. At first glance, that seems like a good starting place to ...

But we're yet to prove that, not in small part because of our inability to directly observe the rocky planets residing in their solar system's habitable zones. A habitable zone is a rather small ...