The curious minds at What If embark on a thrilling journey to the unknown world of Gliese 12 b and speculate what awaits us.

The planets orbit the same star and are known as Gliese 581c and Gliese 581d. D: Wow. So there IS other life out there? Y: Not so fast. Upon further investigation ...

But do other planets have seasonal patterns, too? Indeed, other planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system do have seasonal cycles — and they can look wildly different from the ones we ...

It may sound like science fiction, but for distant planets it could be a reality. Scientists believe that deep within the atmospheres of these ice giants are gases that are different from those ...

Each zodiac sign's traits are influenced by a ruling planet. Mars shapes Aries' bravery, while Venus gives Taurus a love for comfort. Mercury makes Geminis communicative and Virgos analytical.

K2-18b is a bit unusual as a planet in the “habitable zone,” where the temperature is just right for water to exist and support life as we know it. Scientists estimate that its climate ...

What has them excited is the planet K2-18b. We only know it exists by the shadow it casts when it passes between its star and the Earth. But that shadow, like a stained-glass window, can tell a story.

In Europe, researchers from the Swiss University of Bern and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS developed a machine learning model that identifies planetary systems with ...

A Disintegrating Rocky Planet with Prominent Comet-like Tails around a Bright Star. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 2025; 984 (1): L3 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/adbf21 Cite This Page : ...

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed skepticism. There has been ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as ...