TRAPPIST-1 has the advantage for research purposes of being a faint red dwarf, which means these planets orbit close by, even ...

A new concept for a next generation space telescope could provide an affordable breakthrough in the hunt for Earth's twin.

A new study published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences offers a simpler solution: change the shape of the ...

Prof Heidi Newberg is an astrophysicist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research focuses primarily on understanding the structure of our own galaxy through using stars. In a newly ...

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as ...