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 ...

Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia's ability to ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

When an exoplanet is discovered, scientists are quick to describe it and explain its properties. Now, we know of thousands of them, many of which are members of a planetary system, like the well-known ...

Until that happens, the best the universe can offer is aligning planets, we’re afraid – but it’s still pretty exciting. For a few brief evenings around February 28, every planet in our solar ...

the study of planets beyond the solar system, or extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets." But reality often doesn't meet expectations. In celebration of three years of exoplanet science from the JWST, ...

Mercury will join this alignment by the end of February. We are all set to witness the celestial dance as the planets align in a beautiful and rare show of cosmic dance or alignment. This ...

It’s not every day you can step out your front door and see half the solar system with the naked eye. That’s the spectacle visible in Toronto and across Canada right now, as Venus, Saturn ...

Uranus and Neptune can be spotted too, but only by using binoculars and telescopes Look up! Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s known as a "planetary parade," and most will be able ...

An alignment of six planets will dazzle in January 2025. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align in the night sky. "The whole month of January is a great time to see the ...