Earth-like planets in the habitable zone can easily be up to a billion times dimmer than their host star, said Nico Deshler of the University of Arizona. That vast difference in brightness is a steep ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new giant exoplanet around an M-dwarf star (GEMS). The ...

The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, according to a new study.

A new study by planetary scientists at Brown University and the University of Bern in Switzerland casts doubt on one of the ...

The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, ...

Such a holistic endeavour to grow and sustain “more forest” offers greater benefits to biodiversity, human health and ...

A sweeping machine learning study scanning over 86,000 high-res Mars images reveals that the mysterious streaks seen on Martian slopes are likely dry dust slides, not evidence of flowing water as ...

Since the second half of the twentieth century, the accumulation of greenhouse gases, rising global temperatures, and rising sea levels have made scie ...

WALL-E is a bold piece of filmmaking: the opening moments are dialogue-free; the distant future sees humankind ... Endurance as it searches for habitable planets as a new home for humankind.