Thousands of exoplanets have been found, but only a few stand out as truly Earth-like. These 16 may be the most promising ...

Astronomers have uncovered a unique exoplanet system, revealing a surprising and rare pattern among its planets. The discovery, detailed in a research paper published on the arXiv pre-print server, ...

Eta Cassiopeiae, a nearby double star system, may host stable Earth-sized planets. Its lack of giant exoplanets makes it ...

What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light ...

These missions will focus on major frontiers such as the origins of the universe, the origin of space weather, and the start of life, officials said at a press conference held on Monday about the ...

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life. Binary star system Eta Cassiopeiae, located just 19 light-years away, ...

Newly identified planet GJ 251 c orbits a nearby m-dwarf, offering promising target for future life-detection missions - ...

A new study of the red dwarf system TOI-3884 has uncovered rare, persistent spot-crossing signals that reveal unusually detailed information about the star’s magnetic activity and the planet’s orbital ...

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

So, they sent some sporophytes to the ISS. Astronauts affixed the samples to the station's exterior, where they remained for ...