Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

Scientists have speculated that vast quantities of water are buried between six and 12 miles under the surface of Mars, which ...

A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search for life on other planets. It's not that sulfur is a great indication that a planet is inhabited. Instead, ...

Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...

Artist’s impression showing a view above the surface of one of the planets ... SEE ALSO: Seven Earth-sized planets orbit an alien star only 40 light-years away This could be a vision of ...

creating violent titanium rainstorms that pepper the exoplanet’s surface. “This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works — not just on ...

Astronomers have identified sulfur as a potentially crucial indicator in narrowing the search for life on other planets ... edge of the habitable zone with surface temperatures exceeding 800 ...