The solar system is currently embedded deep within the Local Bubble, a region of relatively low density stretching for a ...

"Any claim of life on another planet requires a lot of justification, and I don't think we're there yet, Måns Holmberg, a ...

Earth is the only planet in the known universe that has the right combination of water, atmosphere, temperature, and chemical ...

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 ...

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

One of astronomy's biggest puzzles may have been solved by a new theory that suggests the universe may rotate at an extremely slow rate. Current models suggest the universe is expanding evenly in all ...

Classified as a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, these two new celestial bodies are among the most common types of exoplanets found in the Milky Way galaxy, yet are absent from our own solar system.