The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Abundance of Earth-like Exoplanets The universe has no shortage of similarities to Earth when it comes to celestial ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...