Over the course of more than two decades, researchers at the University of Bern have developed the so-called "Bern model," a suite of computer programs that can numerically simulate the formation of ...

Alex Knapp is a Forbes senior editor covering healthcare and science. The James Webb Space Telescope has its sights set on seven planets circling a red dwarf star called Trappist-1, about 40 ...

This documentary investigates the race to find life on extrasolar planets, revealing how new telescopes and bold missions may ...

Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new study found nothing to write home about. By Jacey Fortin In the search for ...