Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

Astronomers have recently detected potential signs of microbial life on the exoplanet K2-18b, an ocean-covered world located ...

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud ...

Well, now astronomers are revisiting these questions following the discovery of a possible atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet about 40 light years away. The exoplanet is called Trappist-1e and ...

An exoplanet completely or densely covered by clouds could aid astronomers in their search for signs of life beyond Earth. Cloudy skies may spoil a picnic or block a view of the stars through a ...

A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...

The exoplanet LHS 3844b (left) is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits the star LHS 3844 (right). Discovered in 2018 by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey, LHS 3844b is located 48.6 ...

Investigate whether life could survive on the distant exoplanet Kepler 69c and what it might look like. New disclosures show ...

The 13th session of the Shanghai Master Forum on Science was held at Fudan University on Monday, featuring a captivating ...