A new generation instrument designed to probe the atmospheres of distant worlds is nearing operational readiness, marking a ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just finding distant worlds, they are cataloguing places with molten surfaces, ...

Have you ever wondered how to make water from scratch? Exoplanets orbing other stars may have cooked up a new recipe. Manufacturing water is a relatively simple chemical process, albeit a dangerous ...

Atmospheric insights into alien worlds emerge as JWST studies filtered starlight passing through distant exoplanet atmospheres. Pixabay, Vilkasss The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...