In a groundbreaking revelation, scientists have unveiled an explosive new map of an exoplanet that annihilates water. This ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's ...

This artist’s concept shows the volatile red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 and its four most closely orbiting planets, all of which ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

"Barnard b is one of the lowest-mass exoplanets known and one of the few known with a mass less than that of Earth." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

Scientists have long assumed that, like rocky planets such as Earth, sub-Neptunes begin with molten magma oceans. Their thick ...

A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the Sun. The study, published today in the ...

An illustration of the newly detected exoplanet Barnard b, with the red dwarf Barnard's star in the background. ESO / M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that orbits a red dwarf ...