Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

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What can star variability—changes in a star's brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is ...

Morgan Underwood receives funding from NASA-funded CLEVER Planets (Cycles of Life-Essential Volatile Elements in Rocky Planets) research project. When astronomers search for planets that could host ...

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life.

Searching for technosignatures—signs of technology on a planet that we can see from afar—remains a difficult task. There are ...

Can planets orbiting M dwarf stars become habitable, or does the star’s activity prevent it? This is what a recent study ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...

Drawing on the University of Arizona’s renowned strength in interferometry, astronomers from Steward Observatory are leading ...

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.