Researchers at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy have found evidence that could support proof of life on K2-18b, ...

Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to ...

Since Venus and Mercury are "inferior" planets compared with ... planet's relatively close proximity to the Earth. Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus ...

Given the seeming paucity of moisture in the leftover remains of Earth's building blocks, planetary scientists have long ...

An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth. Such an alignment ... phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus looks like ...

The search for Earth-like exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than our sun—is a central topic in today's planetary research, because extraterrestrial life is most likely to be found there.

At 5.97 light-years from Earth, it is the fourth-closest star to our solar system, after the three interconnected stars of the Alpha Centauri system. (Five potential planets have also been ...

Every now and then, space surprises us– and this time, the buzz is all about four small rocky planets found around one of our closest stellar neighbours. No, they’re not Earth 2.0. But they do ...

Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a ...

Two American astronauts who've been stuck in space since last year are finally back on planet Earth. The SpaceX capsule ... suffered numerous malfunctions. After more than nine months of space ...

Nope, instead, the planet has a bit of a tummy ... been recorded in all official UN languages. About 20 years after the concept of Earth Day was created in the 1970s, the campaign began to ...