The detection of a potentially rocky world around a nearby star opens up unprecedented prospects for the atmospheric ...

Astronomers have recently unlocked a new frontier in exoplanet exploration, generating the first 3D map of a distant world.

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

According to the researchers, because it is rocky and located in the star's habitable zone, it may be habitable.

If alien life exists on the newly discovered JG 251 c, we could know about it in the next 10 years.

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...

Sydney scientists fixed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope without ever leaving Earth. Using AI-powered software called AMIGO, ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the few potentially habitable worlds close enough and positioned just right for the next ...

Dr. Eric Ford, director of Penn State’s Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, explains the search for planets beyond ...

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with ...