Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new rogue planet that was orphaned from its home planetary ...

"It confirms K2-18 b to be our best chance to study a potential habitable environment beyond the solar system at the present time." ...

Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around ...

Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering ...

Modelling suggests that data collected by JWST will be able to distinguish between planets that are molten to the core and ...

"The formation of planetary systems is not exclusive to stars but might also work around lonely starless worlds." ...