Two separate research teams have observed a previously unseen microlensing event, confirming the existence of a particular ...

An exosyzygy – an alignment of three celestial objects around another star – is predicted to happen later this year, but it ...

Astronomers have just confirmed one of the strangest kinds of worlds imaginable, a planet drifting through the galaxy with no ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

A strange world just 47 light-years from Earth is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about alien planets. Hidden ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

No known process explains how such a carbon-heavy planet as PSR J2322-2650 b could form, according to new research. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration Astronomers have found a ...

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that when our solar system formed, a ...

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...

The solar photovoltaic system on the roof of Brownstone Intermediate School in Portland, CT. The 67 kW system is projected to save the town more than $10,000 annually in energy costs and more than ...

The solar system on the roof of Brownstone Intermediate School in Portland, Connecticut (Greenskies Clean Focus) The bank’s program targets sectors that private lenders and solar developers might shy ...