U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

The constellation of four satellites can take both narrow- and wide-field images of the Sun to study its corona and solar ...

This could be the tipping point,’ says study author. In a nutshell Scientists detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious.

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

Our solar system was formed about four and a half billion years ago, from a massive cloud of gas and dust which collapsed on ...

Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...