A new study published as a pre-peer-reviewed paper on arXiv and accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that a massive gas giant, HD 206893 B, located 133 light-years from Earth, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have long believed Saturn’s moon Titan hid a massive underground ocean, but new research suggests something even ...

The moon's magnetic field lasted at least 1 billion years longer than previously thought, a new study finds. This suggests that alien moons and planets may also have magnetic fields that can survive ...

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Researchers have said that the next-generation telescopes and AI-driven data analysis will aid in detecting biosignatures.

If you examine our solar system’s giant planets, you’ll notice right away that they’ve all got moons—a lot of moons. While Earth only has the one, Jupiter has about 100 that we know of (and likely ...

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...

The photos show an eclipse and a distant Earth disappearing behind the moon, a disorienting and surreal perspective. Here's what to know.

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest ...