There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure ...

A new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, has been found with a vast orbit and potential dwarf planet size. The finding hints at more hidden bodies beyond Neptune. A research team led by Sihao Cheng a ...

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The 15 planet-forming disks around young stars that have been studied in detail by exoALMA. Here ...

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

A Jupiter-like planet has been found orbiting a young sun-like star in a solar system far away in what is a potentially ...

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...