European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light ...

Now, a new space telescope is poised to fly sometime in the first quarter of 2026, looking nothing like the exoplanet ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

For decades, the search for alien life has revolved around a narrow ring around stars where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. That “habitable zone” remains important, but astronomers are ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

(WSVN) - Researchers for NASA have identified a new planet outside of our solar system, also known as an exoplanet. Officials said they discovered the exoplanet, now called TWA 7B, within a disk of ...