exoplanets

NASA has discovered an Earth-like exoplanet in a habitable zone known to harbor carbon-bearing molecules—meaning the planet may support life.

Astronomers researched a planetary system only 35 light-years away that contains rocky exoplanets, and they found that it ...

A team of astronomers has found a nearby exoplanet similar to Earth that might have an atmosphere. In ...

The newly discovered fossil is 3.77 billion years old.

An Earth-like planet 1,200 light years away "could be habitable," researchers have said. According to new computer simulations, ...

NASA's Kepler space telescope discovered 1,284 new planets, doubling its planet haul thus far. Nine of them are about the size ...

Three planets, that have just the right temperatures to possibly support life as we know it, have been ...

Scientists are watching the birth of a planet orbiting a star 450 light years away and say what ...

An atmospheric haze around a distant planet—like the one which probably shrouded and cooled the young Earth—could show ...

During the past two decades, astronomers have discovered 300 “hot Jupiters,” but for the first time they’ve found ...

For the past few days, the media has been abuzz with one of the most peculiar astronomical observations ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet that could be Earth’s older and bigger cousin.

Scientists have identified a "close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life.

At “just” 335 light years away, HD 100546 is one of our near cosmic neighbors, and its age ...

To help find life beyond our solar system, scientists have created a colorful catalog containing reflection signatures of ...

Two new exoplanets discovered via NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope are more like our own planet than any far-off ...

Exoplanets are prime targets in the search for extraterrestrial life, but intense heat during early years may have ...

U.S. researchers have narrowed down their search for radio signals from intelligent life among the stars.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope has revealed huge streams of gas crossing a gap in the ...

Tau Ceti, one of our closest sun-like stars, has a planetary system, including a world in the habitable ...

A recently discovered super-Earth orbiting a nearby star may be at least one-third diamond.

During its youth, the sun may have emitted a series of shock waves that caused the planets in ...

The first known circumbinary, multi-planet system has been discovered: two planets orbiting a pair of stars about 5,000 ...

NASA's Kepler mission has revealed a solar system containing two worlds that are the closest known planets.

Two unusual new exoplanets have been discovered through the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) project, using its North ...

As solar systems develop around young stars, exoplanet “pileups” and “deserts” may result from the generation of specific ...

Extrasolar planets may be more abundant in our galaxy than previously thought, according to new research to be ...