Scientists believe there are planets outside our solar system where life is even more abundant and sustainable.

Earth and Mars emerged from the same young solar system around 4.5 billion years ago, yet they may have been assembled through fundamentally different processes. A new study published in Nature ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not only a dual degree in planetary science ...

Super-Earth exoplanets are unlike any planets in our own solar system. They’re larger and more massive than Earth but smaller than Neptune. Those found so far were in orbits close to their stars. But ...

Imagine if the planet Jupiter orbited much closer to the Sun. What effect would a so-called hot Jupiter have on our Solar ...

The source of Earth's water is an enduring mystery that extends to exoplanets and the notion of habitability. In broad terms, Earth's water was either part of the planet from the beginning of its ...