In a groundbreaking revelation, scientists have unveiled an explosive new map of an exoplanet that annihilates water. This map provides a detailed view of the planet’s volatile surface and atmospheric ...

What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

A team of researchers has demonstrated a new way in which sub-Neptune-sized exoplanets could produce a great deal of water.

Do certain exoplanets mirror Earth regarding their distribution of iron and water? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

As much as 95% of an exoplanet's water could be trapped forever deep inside its iron core, transforming what we thought we knew about water worlds and potentially rendering them even more habitable ...

Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA ...

"When the Earth's mantle melts, it produces basalts," said Esteban Gazel, professor of engineering. Basalt, a gray-black volcanic rock found throughout the solar system, are key recorders of geologic ...

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.

Named for the Gaelic god of war, Smertrios has a composition and density that are a challenge to planet formation models. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

One way to find water worlds beyond our solar system could be to look for minerals — or more specifically, to study minerals mixed with cool lava on exoplanet surfaces. This is because if water comes ...

Researchers from School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University say there might actually be too much water for the TRAPPIST-1 planets to harbor life. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...

Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a planet outside our solar system, or exoplanet. A stratosphere is a layer of atmosphere in which temperature increases ...