According to a new study published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, these newly discovered ...
UK scientists have discovered a new planet, Gliese 12b, which could potentially support human life. The planet is relatively ...
On a special episode (first released on Wednesday, June 26th) of The Excerpt podcast: The age-old question has been debated ...
Gliese 12b, which is around the same size as Venus, orbits its sun every 12.8 days. The sun, called Gliese 12, is a cool red ...
We've all seen the surreal footage in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean floor—bellowing ...
Animation By Delcan & Co. Supported by By Ferris Jabr Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer at the magazine and the author of ...
Stellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move closer to the white dwarf ...
The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating ...
Scientists anticipate a streamlined search for extraterrestrial life with the James Webb Telescope, which can now detect ...
ALIEN life may be lying in wait on distant moons in our solar system, tucked away beneath vast oceans, according to a new ...
The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent ...
About ten years ago, science writer Ferris Jabr started contemplating Earth as a living planet rather than a planet with life ...