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The gases released from meteorite samples heated in a high-temperature furnace can tell scientists about the initial composition of the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets.

New research suggests that hot, rocky planets in other solar systems could form and keep thick atmospheres full of water.

Scientists exploring space are bringing back insights about Earth’s deep past, its complicated relationship with life and our planet’s future.

How did those planets form? Could they exist in our universe? Could Star Wars really happen? Stanford Earth experts discuss the the science behind the fictional saga.

A new study suggests a reason why exoplanets rarely grow larger than Neptune: the planet’s magma oceans begin to eat the sky.

New research using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has provided a rare glimpse at the surface of a rocky planet outside our solar system.