A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

The search for aliens has led astronomers to scour the farthest reaches of the cosmos for signs of life. But a new study suggests that we might not need to look so far from home. According to NASA ...

Do they look similar to Jupiter? A new study finds they probably don't. Before getting into the details, let's talk about the ...

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

Beyond the local interstellar clouds and their wispy clumps of hydrogen and helium atoms in the form of gas and dust, the ...

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

Key components of the new spectrograph designed at UNIGE have been successfully tested. They will enable analysis of light from the exoplanet Proxima b.

Researchers studied the data closely and suggested a few possible ideas about the planet’s atmosphere and surface.

Using the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have created an extraordinary set of images showing debris disks in a wide ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

Located about 39 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST system resembles a miniature version of our solar system: The star, an ...

Astronomers have identified a colossal exomoon candidate roughly seven Neptune masses orbiting the giant world HD 206893 B — ...