American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

This shift is grounded in how scientists interpret the atmospheric data of distant planets, especially chemical markers like ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

More planets could be homes for aliens than we thought, scientists say - Planets we thought were not inhabitable might ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Planetary rings explained: composition, formation theories, and a comparison of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune’s rings.

Polygon has rounded up the best icy sci-fi planets from our favorite video games, movies, television, and books ...