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

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

It is "orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet’s surface," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The TOI ...

Three of those planets are located in the "habitable zone," where conditions allow for liquid water to exist and offer the potential for life to form, at least in principle. Because stars with ...

These enhancements enable researchers to create digital twins of extraterrestrial environments, identifying potentially habitable zones and informing future space exploration. Beyond astrobiology, ...

The red color of Mars could be due to the presence of an iron-containing mineral, which requires cool water to form, suggesting that the planet may have been habitable in the past, according to a new ...

It is expected to become a novel indicator in searching for life on ocean planets. Astronomical surveys have discovered nearly 6,000 exoplanets, including many habitable planets, which may harbor ...

The Red Planet’s distinctive color may hint at a much wetter – and more habitable – past. A water-rich iron mineral ferrihydrite may be the main culprit behind Mars’ reddish dust, according to a new ...

We’ve heard of stars aligning—but what happens when the same goes for planets? That’s right, on Feb. 28, seven planets will align in extraordinary fashion: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ...