About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

Where is the impactor?” The question, raised during a planetary science lecture back in 2019, struck a chord with ...

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...

The term “ecosystem engineering” has been used for decades as a way to describe organisms that drastically alter their ...

Carbon sustains life—but excess emissions are driving climate change. WWF is working to restore balance and protect our ...

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

Fragments of a rare type of meteorite have been found in the sample of material brought back from the lunar far side by China ...

Flares from the sun’s surface and the powerful pulse of charged particles that shoot through space carry both delight and danger. They bring along the treat of effulgent lights, those surreal auroras ...

Days Register your interest now. Places are limited and expected to sell quickly. We’ll be in touch with confirmed dates and ...

When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But ...

The Biosphere 2 facility, specifically its Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), serves as a research platform to investigate how life transforms landscapes, ranging from local environments to ...