At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, recent research indicates that the universe may harbor far more potentially habitable exoplanets than scientists had previously believed. This shift in understanding ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

The James Webb telescope's search for habitable exoplanets is getting a big boost from its new star-watching companion, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system has shifted from counting planets to confronting extremes that strain basic ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...