Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.

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, ...

New research on meteorites may finally hold the answers to why Earth and Mars suffer from a mysterious absence of specific ...

Astronomers may have found a star racing through our galaxy at an incredible speed—dragging a planet along with it! If ...