NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

Aluminium-rich pebbles found in the Jezero Crater indicate that Mars was far from a cold, icy planet billions of years ago, ...

Delta on Mars. A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another ...

Astronomers have uncovered a planetary system that challenges conventional theories of planet formation. The system likely includes a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its gaseous ...

A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

A new scientific study suggests that Mars may have experienced a warm and wet climate billions of years ago, challenging the long-standing theory that the planet was predominantly cold and icy during ...

A distant planet’s final spiral into its star reframed Earth’s fate: not one sudden end, but long quiet thresholds over deep time.

Samples taken from an ancient Mars rock may indicate that ancient life once existed on the Red Planet, according to a study ...