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

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

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 ...

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

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

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?

"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 ...

Whenever planets are visible in the night sky, they always appear roughly along the same line. This path, known as the ...

"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 ...

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.

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.