While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Webb Space Telescope found no evidence of an atmosphere at one of the seven rocky, Earth-sized planets orbiting another star. Scientists said Monday that doesn’t bode well ...

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A former monastery tucked into the mountains outside Aspen has quietly set a price record, as Palantir Technologies co-founder and chief executive Alex Karp paid about $120 million for the vast ...

The end of an era has finally come, as Old Snowmass’ St. Benedict’s Monastery, owned since 1956 by Trappist monks, sold. The $120 million sale was recorded Monday in a Special Warranty Deed through ...

If you were to hop on a ship traveling at the speed of light and head out into the galaxy for 40 years, you might come across a cool, red star circled by seven worlds. Some of those seven Earth-sized ...

A group of Chinese scientists is diving deep into the cosmos in search of alien radio signals from the TRAPPIST-1 star system, which might house planets that could support life. This is no small feat, ...

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