For decades, the search for alien life has revolved around a narrow ring around stars where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. That “habitable zone” remains important, but astronomers are ...

An Abu Dhabi scientist was part of a team of researchers who mapped temperatures on a planet 400 million light years away - and found that some areas are as hot as 3,500°C.Dr Jasmina Blecic, from New ...