What if we're looking at planets that DO have life, but we're not seeing it because we don't know any better? ->

Bizarre, super-dense chthonian planets may be the cores of evaporated gas giants. ->

Earth microbes have been found able to survive in the low pressures found on the surface of Mars. ->

The ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured an infrared picture of the star HD100546 -- is that clump of gas a "baby bump"? ->

Data acquired from NASA's MESSENGER probe suggest that Mercury used to have an ocean of molten rock. ->

Kepler-37b is the definition of "tiny." But how tiny is tiny? ->

Giant aliens from super-exo-earths are in danger of evaporating in a puff of planetary science dust. A new model suggests super-Earths are really mini-Neptunes. ->

We all know the melody to "Twinkle, twinkle little star" but have you ever looked up on a starry night and wondered what all those celestial bodies really sound like? A new app from Nashville-based DavidsonDean called AstroCantus can help you with that. Translated as "star songs" in Latin, AstroCan...