A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

Of all the asteroids that become meteoroids by striking Earth's surface, only 4% contain abundant carbon. But scientists know ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have made a groundbreaking discovery of mineral-forming events ...

NASA's Juno revealed mushballs on Jupiter, reshaping our understanding of deep, violent gas giant storm systems.

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life.

The initial report was based on observations from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts. But the results created a lot of hubbub ...

NASA has discovered molecules known to come exclusively from life in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b, suggesting the ...

Uncover the mysteries of Mars' magnetic field, generated by a molten core, unlike Earth's solid core structure.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...