Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Despite its ...

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

Its plunge back to Earth through the atmosphere may have generated 45.5 ... concentrations of these damaging gases and particles could quickly rise. The pollutants could thwart the recovery ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

If Earth had no atmosphere—like the Moon—there would be no scattering, and the sky would remain black, even in daylight ...

SETI scientists suggest that extraterrestrial civilizations could detect Earth through 'technosignatures' like planetary ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with technology comparable to ours, would they be able to detect Earth?

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...