The search for habitable planets has taken a leap forward with new space telescopes probing exoplanet atmospheres for life.

Scientists have discovered a new planet, Enaiposha, that defies existing planetary classifications. Found 47 light-years away ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

At the heart of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, lurks a supermassive black hole. These cosmic giants ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

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Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S.

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...