planets
Scientists Discover Chunk of Protoplanet Older Than Earth In Sahara Desert
No other known object has characteristics similar to EC 002, an ancient meteorite found in an Algerian dune sea last year.
Scientists Just Found a New Way to Search for Habitable Exoplanets
Worlds orbiting small red dwarf stars might be less vulnerable to damaging space weather, which could boost the odds that they host life.
Scientists Have Identified 24 Possible 'Superhabitable' Planets
"We are so focused on finding a mirror image of Earth that we may overlook a planet that is even more well suited for life,” said the lead author of a new study.
NASA Needs Your Help Hunting Exoplanets in the Search for Alien Life
At a time when many people are stuck at home, Planet Patrol provides a “community pursuing the common goal of understanding the universe and our place in it,” according to the project leader.
Scientists Find Evidence for Vast Lakes Hidden Under Mars' Surface
The new research lends credence to the idea of briny lakes existing under the Martian surface and is an important development in the search for Martian life, if it exists.
Citizen Scientists Discover Nearly 100 Planet-Star Hybrids Near the Sun
A team of astronomers and volunteers tracked down the coldest brown dwarfs, which are too small to be stars and too big to be planets, within about 65 light years of the Sun.
Mars's Weird Glowing Atmosphere Pulses Exactly 3 Times a Night, NASA Discovers
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observed Mars' ultraviolet glow pulsing exactly three times each night, and only in the Spring and Fall.
This Is the First Image of Planets Orbiting a Sun-Like Star in Deep Space
An international team of astronomers snapped this photo of a young star and its two gigantic planets from a distance of 300 light years.
How to Take Stunning Pictures of Space at Home
We talked to skywatchers from around the world to find out how they got their most incredible shots and how anyone can do the same—anywhere, on any budget, even during a pandemic.
Scientists Captured a Planet's Birth and It Is Terrifying and Beautiful
The new image could be the first direct evidence of the site of a planet's fiery birth in interstellar space.
Scientists Thought They Discovered a New Planet, Then It Disappeared
What looked like a Jupiter-sized planet a decade ago was actually the fallout of a cataclysmic space crash.
I Did Everything My Astrology Apps Told Me for a Week
Do AI-generated reminders actually lead to self-improvement? I signed up for all the notifications I could handle to find out.