How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the ...
Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP When astronomers search for planets that ...
Do aliens sleep? You may take sleep for granted, but research suggests many planets that could evolve life don’t have a day and night cycle. It’s hard to imagine, but there are organisms living in ...