Astrobiology

Scientists in Italy discover fresh volcanic lava flowing on Venus for the first time.

Astronomers around the world do a double-take on the most promising potentially habitable planet.

An international team of scientists discovers two potentially habitable planets orbiting a red dwarf star 137 light-years away.

Martian rover Perseverance confirms that it’s sitting on an ancient lake bed, an ideal location to look for signs of life.

Scientists have discovered four lakes buried under the icy surface of the red planet. Could they lead us to biological life?

Since the first exoplanet discovery in the 1990s, scientists have learned of the diverse and abundant nature of exoplanets, having now found more than 3700. With such a large and disparate sample set, ESA (European Space Agency) has set its sights on…

A new planet with the potential of sustaining life was discovered by astronomers at Queen Mary University Of London orbiting Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun – 4.2 light years away. Using small wobbles in the trajectory of Proxima Centauri…

This artist’s impression shows how Mars may have looked about four billion years ago. The young planet Mars would have had enough water to cover its entire surface in a liquid layer about 140 meters deep, but it is more likely that the liquid would have…