The habitable zone is partly defined by the range of temperatures generated by heat from the star. The zone is located at a ...

Scientists have developed a new and improved method to better understand "steam world" exoplanets, a move that could refocus ...

Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is leading the search for the most tantalizing ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system ...

The Milky Way galaxy, home to our solar system, is a vast structure. It contains billions of stars and a supermassive black hole. The galaxy is constantly rotating and growing by absorbing smaller ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

NASA has found the result of a phenomenon very rare in the galaxy. The signal was translated by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory - this is what they found out.

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data ...