How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted study aims to answer this question, as an international team of researchers ...

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for ...

New research has revealed the potential for an atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet located about 40 light-years away. A team from the University of St Andrews has published a study on TRAPPIST-1e, ...

It's been about twenty years since the discovery of the first definitive proof that there are planets outside our solar system, and today NASA has revealed that it has found the first near-Earth-sized ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...

The ESA Plato spacecraft has officially completed construction, with the final fitting of its sunshield and solar array ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 ...

NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory "will draw on technologies proven by the agency’s Hubble, Webb and upcoming Roman Space ...

In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is ...

"TRAPPIST-1e remains one of our most compelling habitable-zone planets, and these new results take us ... have a range of conditions similar to the terrestrial planets in our solar system. These ...