In a new, groundbreaking discovery that has captivated the astronomy community, scientists have confirmed the presence of not ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

Scientists reveal glaciers may have scraped away miles of Earth's crust during 'Snowball Earth,' erasing a billion years of ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

The rate of stars going supernova near Earth appears to match two mass extinctions -- 372 million years ago and 445 million ...

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Astronomers have discovered four small planets orbiting Barnard's Star, the second-closest star system to Earth, using ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...