A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

Bootstrap 6th annual chili cook-off: noon Saturday, Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Tasters can enjoy a ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a celestial smirk near the horizon.

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

But it's not the possibility of an ocean, although crucial for life as we know it, that is contentious. Using the JWST, the team detected the presence of certain gases in the planet's atmosphere: ...

Imagery of fractured terrain on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter’s moon Europa pinpoints environments influenced by water.

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a pair ...

April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...

Skywatchers worldwide are in for a charming cosmic display before the sun rises next week as three celestial bodies will ...