Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed that the planet K2-18b has traces of dimethyl sulfide, a potential ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society sits down with host David Ariosto. The conversation starts with Bill’s journey but quickly pivots to the ...

I expect to see the existence of extraterrestrial life confirmed within the next few years. When it happens, let the moment sink in.

Scientists using the James Webb Telescope have detected a gas on K2-18b that, on Earth, is only produced by living ...

Researchers locates a star swallowing a nearby planet and initially think that it was because of expansion, but JWST data ...

British researchers have found the "strongest evidence yet" of alien life beyond our planet. While studying exoplanet K2-18b, ...

During the Age of Exploration, explorers relied on compasses to navigate the oceans and conquer the wilds, but they were ...

Dragging the trash barrel to the curb, I look up at the night sky, and my current self is instantly tethered to all my past ...

The detection of a gas linked to life on exoplanet K2-18b could reshape not just astronomy but our own self-perception—are we ...

A distant planet’s atmosphere shows signs of molecules that on Earth are associated only with biological activity, a possible ...