A satellite launched to rescue NASA’s falling Swift Observatory won’t be able to complete its mission after all.

The search for life beyond Earth has marked a new discovery — evidence of an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet beyond our Solar System with modelling suggesting it may be a water world.

Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites, they ...

Our rocky planet sister?

Scientists discover the first confirmed atmosphere in habitable zone outside our solar system on LHS 1140b ...

A hidden process deep beneath Earth’s surface may have played a powerful role in some of the most dramatic climate swings in ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged. The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth.

Artwork: The red tinge illustrates an atmosphere around a rocky planet orbting a red star Researchers have found the first atmosphere surrounding an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the ...

This infographic shows the multiple layers of our atmosphere, extending from the ground up into space, and how the new dataset compares in coverage to those currently available. Credit: D.Koshin, K.