A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Researchers have discovered four Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star using advanced telescopes. These planets ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

Remote sensing technologies have revolutionized our understanding of terrestrial planets, moons, and other small bodies. With the resurgence of ...