New research on meteorites may finally hold the answers to why Earth and Mars suffer from a mysterious absence of specific ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

By studying the Sun’s acoustic waves, scientists are uncovering its hidden dynamics, refining stellar models, and influencing ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

ANDES stands for ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. AndES is a high-resolution instrument that can search for ...

HWO will be the first space telescope built to find potentially habitable planets and analyze their atmospheres for signs of ...

After graduating from UVA in 2013 and completing her doctorate in planetary science from the University of Arizona in 2019, ...