Researchers found that earthquake-driven rock fractures can power deep-Earth life by splitting water into energy-rich compounds. Chinese scientists have recently questioned the long-standing idea that ...

A hidden exoplanet named Kepler-139f was discovered by the NASA scientists in the Kepler-139 star system. The uncovered exoplanet is a massive “super-Earth,” roughly twice the mass of Neptune and ...

The Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a ...

Scientists have confirmed a potentially habitable fifth planet in the nearby L 98-59 system, revealing a diverse collection ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

A transiting exoplanet has revealed a huge "spot" near the pole of its tiny M-dwarf parent star. The spot has been around at least 7 years and occupies 7% of the sun's surface.

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: the moon.

A newly discovered exoplanet may offer astronomers a rare look at how planetary evolution unfolds, revealing the processes ...

Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere ...