One big driver in the search for exoplanets is whether life can exist elsewhere in the Universe. In fact, a…
This isn't a clone of our Solar System, but it's close enough. Scientists eagerly scrutinized a young star system called…
In a test of its new high resolution capabilities, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is happily sharing some family…
Deep within the Taurus Dark Cloud complex, one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth has just revealed one of…
In an encouraging find for habitability researchers, astronomers have detected molecules on the smallest planet ever -- a Neptune-sized planet…
What are planetary atmospheres made of? Figuring out the answer to that question is a big step on the road…
Our hothouse planet of the solar system, Venus, is possibly a product of how close it is to the Sun,…
Our solar neighborhood is rich with planetary systems. Within 20 light-years we’ve detected sizzling gas giants and rocky planets orbiting…
There's a group of people probing exoplanets with a laser robot, and the results are showing a few surprises. Specifically,…
People are generally social creatures, and in the case of planets that generally is the case as well. Many of…