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

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

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 ...

In a groundbreaking development, astronomers have identified potential biosignatures on an exoplanet, a discovery that could ...

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

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

There are seven rocky planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1. The James Webb Space Telescope now has one of the most exciting ones in ...

When astronomers observe a planet passing in front of its star, the slight dip in starlight reveals a wealth of information.

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

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided new clues about the nature of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e, ...

If we’ll ever find life outside our solar system, it will not be an instant discovery. Save for the slim possibility of an intelligent civilization beaming a message in our direction, evidence for ...

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