Researchers have developed the Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model (STEHM) to assess which planets can maintain ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE, July 28, 2025: A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy needed to support life underground on ...

The best evidence for exoplanet magnetic fields ever discovered has emerged from new research that measures wind speeds on ...

IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. ALSO NEW AT FOUR. RESEARCH FROM STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA COULD HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE ...

Like a toddler right before naptime, TRAPPIST-1 is a small yet moody star. This little star, which sits in the constellation Aquarius about 40 light-years from Earth, spits out bursts of energy known ...

Astronomers have disovered the first robust indications of magnetism on planets outside the solar system by measuring ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, astronomers claim they have directly measured the magnetic fields of multiple planets ...

TORONTO, July 29, 2025 – A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical framework to describe the evolution of the coupled ...

So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't been for lack of trying. According to a new paper by Thomas Winterhalder of ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants. Using NASA’s TESS telescope to study nearly half a million stars, scientists ...

CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...

Like many Ph.D. students, Attila Varga’s professional pursuits include being a lead author on a published paper. But, getting his research featured on the front page of NASA’s website and in news ...