In a new, groundbreaking discovery that has captivated the astronomy community, scientists have confirmed the presence of not ...

The study builds on previous research investigating different biosignature gases, including dimethyl sulfide, another ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

By untangling the forces that shape these distant worlds, we inch closer to answering some of humanity’s oldest questions: How common are planets like Earth? Is there other life among the stars?

"Seven planets ... Earth’s shadow, you would think it would turn black," Cooke said, "but because the atmosphere bends light, especially the red part of the spectrum, the moon looks like it's ...

"There is something special about looking ... between worlds of the Trappist-1 system, such as how on Earth we send signals to planets like Mars in our solar system to talk to rovers and spacecraft.

"To see a transition in the eccentricities of the orbits at this same point tells us there really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth ...

Gayan – stock.adobe.com There are eight planets in our solar system, nine if you count dwarf power planet Pluto. Because we live on Earth ... fainter luminaries like Uranus and Neptune.

When it comes to four or more planets in the night sky ... humans have linked planetary alignments to major Earth-based events like natural disasters, but there's no correlation.