Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's ...

"It's like trying to spot a fish by looking for ripples in a pond, rather than trying to see the fish itself." ...

Astronomers recently announced a tantalizing discovery: using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected potential ...

A comet (or asteroid) likely caused the Tunguska Event in 1908 in Russia, and a comet fragment likely triggered the rapid ...

Scientists at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics found a single giant flare from a ...

By Dave Prosper Astronomers have been trying to discover evidence that worlds exist around stars other than our Sun since the ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly detected the faint glow of a planet that’s colder than any ...

Though Bahcall believed Hubble would make many astronomical advances, he didn't think it would observe any new, undiscovered ...