Searching for alien life by looking for specific signals from individual planets may overlook a larger pattern, new research ...

A new study proposes detecting life in space by spotting patterns across many planets instead of focusing on one at a time.

A new article documents the global wind patterns on any planet for the first time. Remote repogramming of the MAVEN spacecraft and its NGIMS instrument enabled the data collection. The results reveal ...

A groundbreaking discovery has revealed that Mars’ surface shares striking similarities with Earth’s coldest regions. Published in the journal Icarus, new research by scientists at the University of ...

A new study suggests alien life may be easier to detect through clusters of similar planets rather than single biosignatures.

Astronomers are puzzling over a paucity of planets in the galaxy measuring between 1.5 and two times Earth's size. After the sun formed, the dust and gas left over from its natal cloud slowly swirled ...