An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

"This planet could play a pivotal role in future missions... to search for biosignatures indicating potential life, " Dr.

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

Astronomers have discovered a large Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star that could be home to alien life. The exoplanet ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

It's highly elliptical, which means as the planet orbits its star, it moves from the inner edge to just beyond the outer edge of the habitable zone every year. This raises questions about its ...