The search for life beyond Earth has followed a familiar logic: find a rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone, where ...

The Frontiers Planet Prize has today announced 25 National Champions from leading research institutions across six continents – exceptional scientists whose research advances our understanding of ...

Even at a glance, the planets in our solar system are wildly diverse. Huge and small, airless and densely packed with ...

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric ...

In general, anything larger than 13 times the mass of Jupiter has been deemed a brown dwarf, as these objects should be able ...

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new ...

While on a sampling trip in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, researchers stopped to sample a rather boring stream on their hike to Boiling Springs Lake. But when they incubated that water ...

This letter report reviews the science goals of the current Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) project as well as NASA’s plan for acquiring the necessary precursor knowledge to successfully meet those ...

On the steps of the U.S. Capitol on a balmy October morning, a crowd of people sporting “Save NASA Science” buttons buzzes with anticipation. Among them stands Eli Orland, who likens America’s space ...

A 10-year-old's earnest letter to NASA, politely requesting Pluto's planet status be reinstated, captured global attention.

"Please make Pluto a planet again. I really want it to be a planet again," Kayla begins, eliciting a response from the NASA ...

One of the coolest celestial events is happening this week, where six planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time. This phenomenon, known as a planet parade, occurs only a few times each ...