Explore how astronomers aim to identify signs of alien life by analysing the atmospheres of distant exoplanets through ...

Sub-Neptune planets, often billed as possible "water worlds," may be more desert than deep sea, according to a new study. For years, scientists thought these planets, which are larger than Earth but ...

Artistic illustration of the internal structure of a lava planet in a cold state, showing a day‑side magma ocean overlain by a mineral atmosphere. The arrows indicate the direction of heat transport ...