Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds. For ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

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Conditions in the early universe might have enabled rocky planets with water to form much earlier than anticipated, potentially allowing life to begin sooner too. Astrophysicists studying the early ...

The powerful coronal mass ejection would have likely destroyed the atmospheres of any potentially habitable planets nearby ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Despite the universe containing billions of habitable planets, Earth may be uniquely suited for intelligent life.