The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of calm, pancake-shaped structures of dust and gas, astronomers have now ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed on ...

When a planet drifts too close to its parent star, tidal forces and gravitational pull can drag it inward. Eventually, the planet spirals into the star’s outer layers, where it is torn apart and ...

New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the “habitable zone”, the region around a star where ...

Using radial velocity measurements, an international team of astronomers has identified a second planet orbiting a nearby ...

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...