Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in ...

Forget what you learned in school. The solar system isn't just a flat disc of planets it's a 3D bubble moving through space.

Astronomers have created a groundbreaking discovery of images showing debris disks in an extensive range of exoplanetary ...

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"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

The RISTRETTO project, dedicated to observing Proxima b –the closest exoplanet to the Solar System — is reaching a new ...

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

Published on Key components of the new spectrograph designed at UNIGE have been successfully tested. They will enable analysis of light from the ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

If you're going to Mars you'd best take along a jar of anti-aging cream because while you're there you're going to age faster ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists, because it ...