The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...

A new world has just been found orbiting a Sun-like star only 20 light-years away, and it could be one of the most promising ...

As it orbits its star, it moves close enough at one point to experience extreme heat, similar to Venus’s temperature. But at its farthest point, the planet is nearly twice the distance from Earth to ...

Earth, HD 20794 d, in the habitable zone around a Sun-like star 20 light-years away. With a mass six times that of Eart ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

Artist's concept of a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a star called HD 20794. Illustration credit: Gabriel Pérez ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star, of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star - one of our closest ...

The planet is about six times more massive than Earth and could be rocky, offering a unique opportunity to study a heavier ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. This planet, named HD 20794 d, could offer conditions conducive to life. Located just 20 ...