The search for alien life often sparks the imagination with images of extraterrestrial beings and strange worlds. However, a ...

Clouds may spoil a picnic or block our view of the stars, but they could also help scientists discover life on distant ...

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

Scientists have confirmed that eruptions from distant stars can escape their star's pull. A radio telescope in the ...

"Astronomers have wanted to spot a coronal mass ejection on another star for decades. We’ve now managed to do this for the ...

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

A few weeks ago, the rover Perseverance found potential signs of life on Mars. Again. I’m getting tired of scientists getting ...

A global team of astronomers led by a Turkish scientist has discovered four new exoplanets, one of which lies within the ...

The NYUAD study shows that ancient sand dunes in Mars' Gale Crater, gradually turned into rock after interacting with ...