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Earth 2.0? Astronomers have discovered the nearest-yet potentially-habitable planet with Earth-like temperatures!
In our ongoing search for alien life, astronomers have scoured the cosmos, longing for a connection…
Astronomers discover a possible water world in the search for a habitable planet, report says
A group of Canadian researchers have said the exoplanet, known as TOI-270 d, would likely be too wa…
Cameron Manley
Astronomers find planet that seems too humongous to be orbiting its parent star!
A group of astronomers has identified a planet over 13 times the mass of Earth in orbit around an u…
Perseverance rover has found a rock with potential signs of ancient life on Mars! Scientists can’t wait to bring it back
The rock exhibits chemical signatures and structures that might have formed billions of years ago, …
Sealing panel used aboard the Jupiter-bound Europa Clipper spacecraft to sport a message encoded in Hindi!
One side of this plate displays etchings of 103 waveforms, representing the word “water” in differe…
What it would take to survive on Dune's planet Arrakis, according to 3 experts
Three experts explain what it would take for humans to survive the heat, lack of water, and other h…
Jenny McGrath
A new measure of planetary chaos may be essential in the search for extraterrestrial life, study suggests
While the quest for life beyond Earth traditionally focuses on the presence of water, warmth, and s…
Kepler estimates there are at least 300 million potentially habitable planets within the Milky Way galaxy
The search for life beyond Earth and the scope of one day settling down on another planet is someth…
TikTok's newest shopping feature is destroying the planet
Gen Z cares more about sustainability than anyone else. But their addiction to cheap, fast fashion …
Eve Upton-Clark
Two dozen superhabitable planets identified — some older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth
Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions mor…
What the James Webb Space Telescope's discoveries on another planet mean and don't mean — for the search for alien life
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed that exoplanet K2-18 b may be an ocean world, and there'…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Astronomers have discovered a star and potentially habitable planet that are strikingly similar to the sun and Earth
Scientists discovered an Earth-like, potentially habitable planet about 3,000 light-years away. Its…
Holly Secon
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will spend its first year looking for primordial galaxies, gold-forging explosions, and habitable planets
NASA is about to launch the world's most powerful space telescope. Webb's first year of science cou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
The best candidate for an Earth-like planet is also the farthest one detected yet — and it has a Guinness World Record to prove it
There’s only a handful of planets that fit the profile of being a potential second-home for …
A planet made of melted metal could be the key for finding the next Earth
A planet that’s gassy like Jupiter with melted metals in its atmosphere, and placed right next to t…
I hate walking, so I tried to rewire my habits with a free app. It works but I'm still torn about recommending it for 3 reasons.
I adore my quirky "rewards" from the app, but I do wonder whether a step counter needs to be this c…
Kai Xiang Teo
Two new planets 8-times the size of Earth could support life — and they're right next-door
Finding a planet other than Earth to support human life is astronomy’s moonshot project. Two new ‘S…
A Sun-like star and two exoplanets 300 light-years away could reveal how Earth’s solar system came to be
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has caught the first-ever direct photograph of a solar system that l…
Habitable earth-sized planet discovered but its Sun doesn't set for over two weeks
The Earth isn’t going to last forever. Scientists continue to debate over what poses the greater …
A new ‘dark’ planet on NASA’s radar might hold the key to what makes or breaks a planet
But, it has one critical flaw — no atmosphere. The Earth’s atmosphere supports life — but not…