The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

Exoplanet TOI 1227 b is being bombarded by x-rays from its host red dwarf star, causing it to “shrink from the size of ...

"By the middle of next year, we expect to be in a position to decide on the way forward, with clarity on NASA funding and ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

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

What: New JWST observations probe the possible atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 e, an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a ...

A University of Iowa researcher has been awarded funding from NASA to create an interstellar map that could lead to more accurate observations of planets located outside our solar system — known as ...

NASA recently discovered that a red planet is helplessly crying out for help as it faces scorching heat that's causing it to ...

The powerful coronal mass ejection would have likely destroyed the atmospheres of any potentially habitable planets nearby ...

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 ...

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found ...

Canadian astronomical research is getting a big boost with the return of Sara Seager to Canada after around 20 years at MIT.