Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.
The study builds on previous research investigating different biosignature gases, including dimethyl sulfide, another ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard's Star, the ...
Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...
An advanced imaging system developed at the University of Arizona boasts a shape-shifting mirror that delivers observing ...
The planet WASP-121b is extreme. It's a gas giant almost twice as big as Jupiter orbiting extremely close to its star–50 times closer than the Earth does around the sun. WASP-121b is so close to ...
At this point, the planet is large enough to hold onto large amounts of hydrogen and helium and becomes a gas giant like Jupiter and Saturn in our solar system. Planets larger than Neptune are ...
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth.