Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that high-pressure reactions between ...

Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

As best the origins of Earth are understood, we're all just a bunch of stardust, and new observations from the JWST lend credence to that theory.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed look at a carbon-rich disk surrounding the exoplanet CT Cha ...

New research suggests they could play a crucial role in the creation of planets themselves. At a conference in Helsinki, ...

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Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

The twin stars in TOI-2267 orbit each other closely, forming what scientists call a “compact binary”. One of its planets ...

Telescope observations reveal material accreting onto the planet Cha1107-7626 in a way that resembles the infancy of stars ...

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...