"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large ...

Astronomers are on a constant search for life out in the universe and a big part of that search is finding planets where life ...

"It's almost unfathomable to imagine what is happening to this planet. The planet's atmosphere simply cannot withstand the ...

When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data ...

They look like they belong on Earth. As we venture through the universe, scientists are finding uncanny - and sometimes unexpected - hints of Earth on other planets and moons.

What If Extraterrestrial Life Doesn’t Look Like Anything Found On Earth? ... Since the first discovery of an exoplanet in 1995, over 5,000 exoplanets, or planets orbiting other stars, ...

Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth’s oceans were once ...