Although astronomers have directly imaged a few dozen gas giants on the scale of Jupiter, Earth-sized planets are too small and dim to be directly imaged. That's not to say there's a shortage of Earth ...

Scientists identify 45 potentially habitable exoplanets, using exact data and quotes to guide future telescopes in the search ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, if more detailed analyses verify preliminary observations from the James Webb ...

A nearby Earth-sized planet offers a rare chance to study how atmospheres survive or disappear on rocky worlds.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA researchers.

Cirrus-like clouds have been discovered on a giant planet 12 light-years away, a finding that could change the search for ...

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

What role can the relationship between oxygen (O 2) and ozone (O 3) in exoplanet atmospheres have on detecting biosignatures? This is what a study submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Earth-size exoplanet 40 light years away called TRAPPIST-1 e, at the lower right in this illustration, could have an atmosphere ...