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The advent of AI has been hailed by many as a societal game-changer, as it opens a universe of possibilities to improve nearly every aspect of our lives.

Astronomers have discovered a rare type of planet called an exo-Venus with a similar temperature to Earth, located in our cosmic back yard.

Tropical ice sheets are “canaries in the coal mine” when it comes to climate change.

By Celine Smith

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASAs Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar system by testing new tools that block starlight, revealing planets hidden by the glare of their parent stars. The technology demonstration recently shipped from NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to the agencys Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where it has joined the rest of the space observatory in prepara...

Researchers smashed an asteroid with a spacecraft. From the aftermath, they are learning how to better protect Earth.

Methane found in WASP-107 b reveals core mass, turbulent skies, and other key insights in the search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system

Two astronauts are about to set off for the International Space aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule. If all goes well, Starliner will join SpaceX’s Dragon as a US shuttle into orbit

The observatory will directly image Earth-size exoplanets circling other stars.

The instrument is currently aboard the XRISM satellite