The hunt is on for terrestrial exoplanets in habitable zones, and some of the most promising candidates were discovered ...

Changes to the atmosphere caused by carbon dioxide emissions could increase the amount of debris that stays in orbit. By Jonathan O’Callaghan It’s easy to compare the space junk problem to climate ...

When telescopes became powerful enough to find planets orbiting distant stars, scientists were surprised to see that a lot of them didn’t have atmospheres like Earth’s. Instead, they appear to have ...

An atmosphere is what makes life on Earth’s surface possible, regulating our climate and sheltering us from damaging cosmic rays. But although telescopes have counted a growing number of rocky planets ...