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AI Reanalysis of TESS Data Flags About 10,000 New Exoplanet Candidates

Most candidates await confirmation through follow-up observations.

Curiosity Shakes Free Stuck Martian Rock From Its Drill

Study Maps 153- and 226-Day Round-Trip Paths Between Earth and Mars

JWST Spots Water-Ice Clouds on Nearby Jupiter-Like World

Curiosity Finds Most Diverse Organic Molecules Yet on Mars With First Wet-Chemistry Test

Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

Astronomers Tie Distant Star’s Chaotic Fading to Evidence of a Planetary Collision

Study Ties Planetary Habitability to a Narrow Oxygen Window in Core Formation

Bennu Samples Show Amino Acids Likely Formed in Icy, Radioactive Environments

Study Finds Planetary Oxygen at Birth Controls Life-Critical Phosphorus and Nitrogen

Kepler Data Reveal Earth-Size Planet Candidate HD 137010 b Near Star’s Habitable Edge

NASA Picks Industry Teams as Proposed Funding Boost Speeds Habitable Worlds Observatory

Radio Search Finds No Signal From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Hubble Images Twin Jets

National Academies Sets Science-First Blueprint for Human Mars Missions

‘Fire Amoeba’ Sets Eukaryotic Heat Record at 63°C

AI Detects Chemical Signatures of Life in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks

Lab Experiments Show Sub‑Neptunes Can Make Their Own Water

Perseverance Spots Iron–Nickel–Rich Rock on Mars, Raising Meteorite Suspicion

AI-Driven Chemical Analysis Finds Biosignatures in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks, Traces of Early Photosynthesis

Scientists Detect Habitable-Zone ‘Super‑Earth’ GJ 251 c Just 18 Light‑Years Away