This creates extreme weather conditions that have fascinated astronomers, marking a major breakthrough for our understanding of the atmosphere and weather of alien worlds. “This planet’s ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found in the Milky Way since the first confirmed discovery in the 1990s ...

It started when a group of scientists published a paper suggesting a specific chemical, dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, may exist in the planet's atmosphere. A consensus wasn't reached at the time ...

Scientists say that the new 3D understanding of the planet represents a major breakthrough for our understanding of the atmosphere and weather of alien worlds. But it also challenges our current ...

As of January 2012, the tally of confirmed alien worlds has skyrocketed to just over 720. However, the hunt is still on for a truly Earthlike planet, one with the right size, temperature ...

If you’re going to set a sci-fi movie on an alien planet, it’s a nice bonus if that planet actually exists. Or, at least, is inspired by one that actually exists. In the new film Ash ...

One of the holy grails of modern astronomy is finding life on an alien planet. But that is an extremely daunting task. The James Webb Space Telescope is unlikely to be able to identify ...

“Ash” is named for the planet where everything takes place, and these explorers — whom we meet in flashback, but never truly get to know — are right to recognize the austere beauty of this ...

He claims to have been taken by aliens to live on an alien planet for a month in 1985 and gained extraterrestrial knowledge. Upon his return to Earth, he taught himself maths and physics and ...

Noah Hawley's upcoming TV show in the Alien universe also got a tease in the trailer too. Beginning on a lush, green planet, we see a ship before a voiceover begins: "This ship collected specimens ...