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

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

Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated the "Goldilocks zone" planet TRAPPIST-1e to search for a potential atmosphere ...

Astronomers have recently made an exciting discovery: an exoplanet, merely 12 light-years away from our own planet, is home to liquid water, a crucial ingredient for life as we know it. Understanding ...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

Scientists are steadily ruling out habitable conditions on the seven planets of the star Trappist-1. On one of the worlds, a ...

With new telescopes coming online and fresh discoveries arriving almost weekly, the search is only accelerating. Each new world we find is more than a point of light somewhere in the great darkness.

When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...

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

Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...