This is the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet beyond our solar system with an atmosphere. Astronomers using the James ...

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Our experts reveal how our planet formed, evolved, differentiated into layers and developed the interconnected system of dynamic processes that made it habitable and enabled life to arise and thrive.

Some planets might produce their own water instead of relying on outside sources. In laboratory experiments, researchers simulated extreme conditions found within certain exoplanets by blasting ...

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The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits. It was also the start of a whirlwind of discovery.