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 ...

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

What if we told you the NASA has found a planet were we could potentially dip our toes in a few generation? Meet TOI-270d, ...

Science advances through data that don't fit our current understanding. At least that was Thomas Kuhn's theory in his famous ...

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 ...

For a long time, the planet TRAPPIST-1e, located 40 light years from Earth, has been considered a target in the search for extraterrestrial habitable worlds. An international team, utilizing the ...

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.

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

Dark matter is one of the biggest puzzles in science. Although it makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, it ...

"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark ...

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in ...