Scientists using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered an exoplanet, which NASA defines as “any ...

The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, ...

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Earth. The breakthrough boosts the search for life-supporting planets. "Are we alone?" This enduring question has fascinated humanity for generations. The discovery in 1995 of the first exoplanet orbi ...

A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support ...

The new super-Earth exoplanet is situated "close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits within a "habitable zone," according to NASA.

These super-Earths orbit sun-like stars and tend to be habitable planet candidates, since their conditions most resemble those we know to support life.

The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, the JWST has found the planet could be a water-rich ocean world.