Exoplanets

Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

The year 2025 has been a vintage one for astronomy. In January, we were hooked on reports of a building-sized asteroid on course to collide with Earth. The risk was quickly downgraded from worrying to

An artist’s impression of Cha 1107-7626 accreting material ...

There are some Really Big Things coming up in the world of exoplanets in 2026. Sadly, they’re not until the tail end of the year – tough for someone like me who struggles with patience. (True story: a

Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet

Using Webb, researchers detected several complex carbon-based molecules ...