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Giant 'Rogue' Worlds Are Less Common Than Scientists Thought
July 24, 2017 | ArticleThere probably aren't nearly as many giant planets zooming alone through the Milky Way galaxy as scientists had thought, a new study reports.
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A Simple Bacteria Reveals How Stress Drives Evolution
July 19, 2017 | ArticleA common bacteria is furthering evidence that evolution is not entirely a blind process, subject to random changes in the genes, but that environmental stressors can also play a role.
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New Exoplanet-Hunting Instrument Provides Wider View of the Night Sky
July 19, 2017 | ArticleA new addition to the European Southern Observatory's network lets scientists capture a nearly complete view of the night sky.
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Red Dots Campaign Hunts Planets at Nearby Barnard's Star
July 19, 2017 | ArticleThe Red Dots Campaign, in which astronomers scan the night sky to discover planets around some of the nearest stars to Earth, has recently begun focusing in on one of the sun's closest cousins, Barnard's Star.
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Bad News for Life: TRAPPIST-1 Planets' Atmospheres May Have Been Destroyed
July 19, 2017 | ArticleThe potentially Earth-like planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system may not be so conducive to life after all, two new studies report.
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'Super-Earth' Alien Worlds May Carve Up Planet-Forming Disks
July 18, 2017 | Article'Super-Earth' alien planets, not gas giants, may be carving out most of the gaps in the disks of dust and gas surrounding young stars, a new study suggests.
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Kepler Has Taught Us That Rocky Planets Are Common
June 28, 2017 | ArticleRocky planets are probably a whole lot more common in our galaxy than astronomers previously believed — a scenario that enhances the prospects for extraterrestrial life in nearby solar systems.
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Watch SpaceX Rocket Re-Launch, Kicking Off Double Header
June 23, 2017 | ArticleAfter a slight delay, a used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to make its second trip to space today (June 23) to orbit the first communications satellite for Bulgaria.
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Life on TRAPPIST-1 Planets? Rock-Swapping May Boost Odds
June 23, 2017 | ArticleThe three potentially habitable Earth-size planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system may be even more promising abodes for life than scientists had thought.
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Astronomers Continue Search for Earth-Like Planets at Proxima Centauri and Other Stars (Video)
June 22, 2017 | ArticleAstronomers will set the sights of the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla on nearby stars Proxima Centauri, Barnard's Star and Ross 154.
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