Using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers was able to study the surface of an exoplanet…
A team of Caltech researchers developed a new method that shows what Earth would look like to extra-terrestrial observers, which…
TESS recently discovered a three-planet system orbiting a red dwarf star 35 light years away, increasing the number of rocky…
The CARMENES project has detected two more Earth-like planets that orbit a red dwarf star just 12.5 light years away
Researchers with the UCSB Experimental Cosmology Group recently conducted a successful stratospheric test of their wafercraft, which could be traveling…
A new study by a team from the Carl Sagan institutes shows how life could survive the harsh radiation on…
A new study conducted by an international team of scientists examines what the term "habitable zone" means and how next-generation…
A new study has placed new constraints on the emergence of complex life, which effectively narrows what what we would…
WFIRST ain't your grandma's space telescope. Despite having the same size mirror as the surprisingly reliable Hubble Space Telescope, clocking…
Even in retirement, the Kepler space telescope is still allowing for discoveries, which include it's "last light" images and recordings.