Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

Ancient oceans, which were heavy on iron, interacted differently with light wavelengths, retracting green light into the ...

The national traveling exhibition explores space and astronomy, covering topics such as the search for habitable worlds.

The second issue is that we don't know if such oceans could be habitable ... so it wouldn't be truly alien to life on our planet, even if the environment that it would live in is.

Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

‘There is evidence that liquid water existed in Gale Crater for millions of years and probably much longer, which means there ...

The position of this Great Filter, as he named it, is critically important as we contemplate the future of humanity. If the ...

However, thanks to some serious space detective work, including a powerful new tool called MAROON-X, a team of scientists was ...

A study suggests planets in white dwarf habitable zones could sustain life for billions of years through key biological ...

A strikingly clear lake nestled in southwestern Turkey has become a focal point for scientists aiming to understand the ...