Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

NASA's upcoming Pandora mission will complement the James Webb Space Telescope by making it easier to detect water in the ...

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

The self-made world-class astronomer and community houses manager talks to PJ TAYLOR about her amazing galactic journey.

There are two types of terrestrial planets - solar terrestrial planets and extra-solar terrestrial planets. Solar terrestrial planets refer to the first four planets in the solar system, i.e, Mercury, ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.