For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are ...

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

A study led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, using modeling techniques developed at the University of Oxford, ...

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...

Atop the mountain Cerro Armazones in Chile, construction is underway on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which will usher ...

York was the first researcher to find an isotope of hydrogen known as deuterium, which helped give researchers an ...

This video explains the scientific methods used to study possible life beyond Earth, from astronomy and biology to careful ...

The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

CSIC-INTA and using modelling techniques developed at the University of Oxford, has uncovered an unprecedented richness of small organic molecules in the deeply obscured nucleus of a nearby galaxy, ...

Shapley’s award of the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics will be presented at the 249th AAS Meeting, Jan. 10-14, ...

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.