Frequent flares from the nearby star TRAPPIST-1 could offer new clues in the search for habitable planets beyond Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

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

Did NASA discover city lights on an alien planet? This video explores the implications and details of the findings that ...

For the first time, scientists have continuously monitored a planet's escaping atmosphere over a complete orbit, revealing ...

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 ...

The RISTRETTO project, dedicated to observing Proxima b –the closest exoplanet to the Solar System — is reaching a new ...

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

In a recent Hot Take segment, the China Global Television Network recently released an interesting video detailing China's future plans for space. Titled "Earth 2.0? China's plan to find new Earth," ...

Scientists, including Waterloo's Professor Lisa Dang from the physics and astronomy department, have discovered a huge cloud ...

Satellites orbiting Earth have dozens of jobs. Some take pictures of space, others are aimed at the big blue planet and take ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb claims the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is not just a comet, but a technological artefact ...