Researchers at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy have found evidence that could support proof of life on K2-18b, ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

Starlink satellites orbit approximately 342 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth and put on a spectacular show for observers as ...

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

Researchers have developed an AI model that identifies star system that could be harborbing an Earth-like exoplanet.

The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is a $1.4-billion infrared telescope with a single mission: to hunt asteroids and comets that could pose a danger to Earth. Astronomers have already identified ...

A scintillating pulsar has revealed 25 plasma structures in the Local Bubble of our Galaxy, including four linked to the pulsar’s bow shock. The findings can be linked to create a three ...

A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' Center for Exoplanet Science and another from the European Southern ...

But when astronomers are searching for extraterrestrial life, it is ... The dream of finding life on an alien Earth-like world is hampered by a number of technical challenges. Not the least of ...