A new study shows that amino acids could survive in the sulfuric acid droplets in Venus' clouds. And if there are amino acids on Venus, what about life itself?
How do Titan's magic islands form in its hydrocarbon seas? A new study says they are likely porous, similar to a honeycomb, and composed of organic material.
A new study says that rocky habitable exoplanets likely have less carbon dioxide in their atmospheres as compared to similar planets in the same system.
Researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK have determined the true colors of Uranus and Neptune. They are much more similar than previously thought.
For the 1st time, astronomers have used an instrument designed to study exoplanets - ESPRESSO, on the Very Large Telescope - to observe the planet Jupiter.
NASA's Hubble telescope has recently observed spoke season in Saturn's rings. The spokes are ghostly transient features that appear and disappear seasonally.
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered something unexpected in the Orion Nebula: pairs of unusual planet-like 'binary objects' drifting freely in space.
Researchers in Wisconsin are searching for and testing new chemical recipes for the origin of life. Such recipes for life may be common in the universe.
Paul Scott Anderson has had a passion for space exploration that began when he was a child when he watched Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. While in school he was known for his passion for space exploration and astronomy. He started his blog The Meridiani Journal in 2005, which was a chronicle of planetary exploration. In 2015, the blog was renamed as Planetaria. While interested in all aspects of space exploration, his primary passion is planetary science. In 2011, he started writing about space on a freelance basis, and now currently writes for AmericaSpace and Futurism (part of Vocal). He has also written for Universe Today and SpaceFlight Insider, and has also been published in The Mars Quarterly and has done supplementary writing for the well-known iOS app Exoplanet for iPhone and iPad.