In the early 1990s, a small team tried to survive in a hermetically sealed space containing replicas of Earth's ecosystems. Their trials and discoveries still have repercussions today. Glittering in ...

In the midst of climate change, awareness of humanity’s negative impact on the planet has grown, making the idea of moving to another planet more appealing. This led to the concept of Biosphere 2, ...

The Earth is one of the planets that form part of our Solar System. It is mostly made of rock rather than gas like some other planets. It looks like a giant sphere in space. It is the only planet that ...

UK scientists have discovered a new planet that could potentially support human life and it isn't that far away… relatively speaking. The temperature on Gliese 12b is around 42C which means it could ...

Ian McMillan and guests delight in the writing and naming of planets (Ian loves Neptune best), exploring how we as writers influence the perception of them, and how our perception may influence how ...

Astronomers have unveiled the discovery of two Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting a star more than 40 light-years from our planet, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing quest to identify ...