A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

An LSU-led team would like to use a high-flying Antarctic balloon-borne infrared telescope to detect the chemical makeup of ...

HWO will be the first space telescope built to find potentially habitable planets and analyze their atmospheres for signs of ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

"This planet could play a pivotal role in future missions... to search for biosignatures indicating potential life, " Dr.

On January 25, 2025, the cosmos will present a spectacular event known as a planetary alignment, where all major planets in our solar system will line up in a harmonious formation. This celestial ...

What made Earth hospitable to the origins of life? And how often should we expect planets around other stars to be habitable? The answers to both these questions lie in the formation and distribution ...

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...

Credit: Chandra X-ray Center "While we don't have proof of planets around Wolf 359 yet, it seems very possible that it ... wouldn't be enough to make it habitable," said co-author Vinay Kashyap ...

The alignment of six planets will be visible in the night sky in January, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). In 24 Oras’ “Kuya Kim ...

An alignment of planets will be visible starting January 17. Venus and Saturn will appear within 2.2 degrees of each other. NASA says it's pretty rare to see four or five bright planets at once.

Six planets are lining up across the night sky this month in a so-called "parade of planets". Four of the planets, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye. Astronomer and ...