In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, ...

Stellar migration may greatly increase the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way. Future ESA missions will test these predictions with detailed exoplanet observations. What can the Galactic Hab ...

The concept of habitable zones around black holes seems paradoxical, given the extreme conditions that define these cosmic entities. However, recent theoretical studies suggest otherwise, introducing ...

When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

New research using NASA's powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the "habitable zone," the region around a star where ...

If there’s one of these planets that could potentially sustain liquid water on the surface, it’s probably that one.” ...

Yet, despite using the JWST's sensitive Near-Infrared Spectrometer, or NIRSpec, astronomers led by Piaulet-Ghorayeb found no ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve ...

Though no direct evidence of life has been found, models suggest Ceres had hot water shooting into its underground oceans ...