Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

We don’t know for sure, but the answer is inextricably linked to the moment when water first materialized in the cosmos — and ...

Exoplanets may harbor alien life; scientists seek biosignatures through advanced exploration. Could they lead to humanity's ...

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting ...

A paper published in 2023 spurred discussion about whether life exists on an exoplanet named K2-18b. Two years later, the ...

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star - one of our closest ...