Telescopes allow scientists to analyze starlight passing through distant planets’ atmospheres, revealing clues about their ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

In a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say mineral-rich layers of clay on Mars were once ideal ...

The Sun, our life-giving star, is slowly dying. In about 5 billion years, it will exhaust its fuel and transform into a red giant, altering the solar system forever. But long before that, the Sun’s ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said on June 25, capturing rare direct images ...

Mars, a planet once capable of sustaining liquid water and harboring flowing rivers, today stands as a frozen desert. For ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery made by a Nasa rover has offered ...

A study led by University researchers published on June 16 analyzed the clay terrains of the neighboring red planet, Mars, ...