Earth” that sits in the temperate zone of its star, instantly vaulting it into the short list of worlds that might be able to ...

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 ...

A new approach intended to maximize the chances of identifying planets orbiting nearby stars that support life focuses on creating a comprehensive list of the molecules that might be present in the ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A newly discovered exoplanet has some scientists excited, as they believe it could not only be habitable, but closer than many other Earth-like exoplanets. According to a new study ...

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life.

The existence of the planet, named AT2021uey b, took years to verify. Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low ...

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for awhile. A new study, published in Nature, describes a process that might ...

"This makes TOI-2267 the first binary system known to host transiting planets around both of its stars." Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), ...

However, since the majority of exoplanets that have been found orbit very close to their parent star, that isn't necessarily a disadvantage. This technique does have other disadvantages, though, like ...