This new database is essentially a formula for telescopes to use when they take a deep peek at planets in the habitable zone of red dwarves — the most common type of star in our galaxy, making ...

Purple bacteria that thrive in low-energy red or infrared light with a simpler method of photosynthesis could cover another planet, a new study says. News Today's news ...

If biology exists on planets in our patch of the galaxy, the odds are it’s in this form. With rare exceptions, the chlorophyll in plants gives their leaves the familiar green color. Many ...

The new galaxy, because of how far away it is, looks to observers exactly as it did when it was first created 3 billion years ...

The stellar display of purple-coloured lights on the red planet was shared on Instagram by the official handle of NASA. Since the video was captured and posted, it has mesmerised many people on ...

Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

Astronomers have found that free-floating planets far outnumber those bound to a host star. By Katrina Miller Free-floating planets — dark, isolated orbs roaming the universe unfettered by any ...

Purple bacteria that thrive in low-energy red or infrared light with a simpler method of photosynthesis could cover another planet, a new study says.