(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

This artist’s concept shows the volatile red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 and its four most closely orbiting planets, all of which ...

Researchers present strong evidence for a planet circling two brown dwarfs on a near polar path. The orbit is tilted almost ...

Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

The Webb Telescope has issued a weather for a rogue planet named SIMP 0136. The forecast is auroras, sand clouds, and ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

Researchers hope to discover more exoplanets in the K2-415 system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Look out, everyone: There's a ...

It’s rare that we get to see exoplanets themselves. Most often, planets in other star systems are too small and too dim to be directly detected, so astronomers infer their presence based on their ...