"It confirms K2-18 b to be our best chance to study a potential habitable environment beyond the solar system at the present time." ...

Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering ...

"This discovery was partly serendipity! But, we believe there are many more such opportunities hidden in Hubble data." ...

A hot blob currently beneath the Appalachians may have peeled off from Greenland around 80 million years ago and moved to ...

Although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, they account for less than 5% of the meteorites that reach Earth. To unravel this mystery, an international team of scientists launched a global ...

L 98-59 f, an "exoplanet", lives in what’s called the star’s "habitable", temperate or "Goldilocks zone" — that’s the sweet ...

Scientists have issued a concerning update on a mystery interstellar object travelling through our solar system.

A transiting exoplanet has revealed a huge "spot" near the pole of its tiny M-dwarf parent star. The spot has been around at least 7 years and occupies 7% of the sun's surface.

You’ll find an ever-changing array of temporary exhibitions, plus perennial favourites such as the dinosaur gallery at the ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth could have at least six minimoons that we never knew existed. A minimoon is a small ...

A new research paper, written by a prominent Harvard astrophysicist, has claimed a mystery object in our Solar System could ...

Two minor meteor showers — the Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids — peak overnight on Monday (July 29-30), ...