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

Using radial velocity measurements, an international team of astronomers has identified a second planet orbiting a nearby ...

An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting Barnard's star by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Barnard's stars is the closest single star to Earth. Credit: ESO ...

In hopeful news in the search for ET, researchers have discovered signs suggesting an atmosphere surrounding an Earth-like ...

These distant worlds are called exoplanets: planets that exist outside our solar system. Most of the exoplanets scientists have discovered so far orbit stars within the Milky Way, but some lie even ...

This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery.

On September 11, 2025, astrophysicists at Michigan State University (MSU) revealed potential characteristics of other solar ...

The planet TRAPPIST-1e lies in its star’s Goldilocks zone, where water remains liquid – and an analysis suggests it might ...

An international team used NASA's JWST to observe a planet named Trappist-1 e, to determine if this rocky planet located within its star's habitable zone has an atmosphere. This planet is one of seven ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

The planet within the TRAPPIST-1 solar system, which is at a distance of just 40 light years could have an atmosphere that ...

In a major international project, researchers have conducted the first search for an atmosphere and surface habitability of ...