The planet is about six times more massive than Earth and could be rocky, offering a unique opportunity to study a heavier ...

As it orbits its star, it moves close enough at one point to experience extreme heat, similar to Venus’s temperature. But at its farthest point, the planet is nearly twice the distance from Earth to ...

With an orbit of 647 days, HD 20794 d is similar to Mars in our solar system. However, its orbit around the star is highly elliptical. This feature causes extreme temperature variations on the planet, ...

Lenton, the founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, was the lead author of the 2008 ...

V. Narayanan discusses India's space advancements and overall progress in various sectors at Central University of Karnataka ...

The almost mid-March temperature was a bit cooler at three degrees this morning, Tuesday, March 11, and will rise to four ...

NASA has predicted two solar eclipses for 2025, the second of which is expected on September 21. There will also be two lunar ...

Astrologers are often asked, "Which zodiac signs are the most intelligent?" When it comes to intelligence, everyone of every ...

Artist's rendering of a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a star called HD 20794.Illustration credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC) The ...

Organisms known as extremophiles have been found inhabiting a range of extreme conditions on Earth, including inside our bodies. Could they be on Mars, too?

Scientists scanning the Moon’s lunar rugged surface have made an unexpected discovery—two enormous canyons, each plunging 2.2 ...

How much fun was the day? As many schoolboys these days might say, Travis Drumm gave it the highest praise: “As massive as a ...