Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

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

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

Around a star just 20 light-years from the Solar System, astronomers have confirmed the existence of what might be a ...

Earth, HD 20794 d, orbiting a nearby sun-like star, offering a promising lead in the search for life beyond our planet.

The exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – has a mass six times greater than that of Earth, and orbits in the ...

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

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

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

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