Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. The ...

Yet another faraway world has come to sharper focus thanks to the collective scientific muscle of citizen scientists.

Large exoplanets are more easily detected than small ones. It's axiomatic. While large planets block out more starlight during transits, small planets block out much less, letting them hide in the ...

As missions like Kepler and TESS discovered more rocky exoplanets in recent years, scientists looked forward to the launch of the JWST. The powerful space telescope has the ability to gather infrared ...

"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark they are." NASA scientists have devised a new way to use planets that cross, ...