NASA has announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star that shares several other similarities with ...

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.

A unique characteristic of the candidate planet HD 137010b is its ice-cold temperature.

Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable new planet which is estimated to be 6 percent larger than Earth. Named HD 137010 b, the planet is located about 146 light-away from Earth ...

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One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere. In exciting new JWST observations, the Earth-sized exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e ...

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to find it around many of the most common stars in the galaxy. A new study led ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Earth-like worlds may be closer and more plentiful than anyone imagined. Astronomers reported Wednesday that the nearest Earth-like planet may be just 13 light-years away -- or ...