NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region around a star where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Kepler also has discovered more than ...

In a few billion years, the oceans will boil away and the atmosphere will burn up as our sun expands into a red giant. It’ll be game-over for life on Earth, but in the outer solar system, the ...

This explains why our Solar System can reside far outside of the inner region, and it also gives hope to SETI – Gowanlock's model proposes that there are regions of the galaxy even more likely ...

How many Earth-like exoplanets orbit M dwarf stars (Red dwarf stars), which are smaller and cooler than our Sun? This is what ...

In our solar system, the Earth is clearly in the Goldilocks zone with much of its surface covered by liquid water. Venus is too hot, Mars too cold, and Earth is just right.

NORFOLK, Va. — Earth is the only planet in our solar system that is capable of sustaining human life, and this is why. The sun is the star at the center of our solar system. Every star has a ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

"Consider a hypothetical solar system where all the planets reside within the star's habitable zone, potentially supporting life." Judge orders White House to restore Associated Press’s access ...

NASA image of a solar system's habitable zone. NASA "In other words, the orbits would produce crazy climates on those planets," Kane said. "This paper is really a warning, when we find planets in ...

HD 20794 D is located in the 'habitable zone' of a star similar to our Sun. ... HD 20794 D follows an elliptical orbit more elongated than any of the planets in our solar system.