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

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

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 ...

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

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

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

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 ...

In a statement Thursday, astrophysicist Amri Wandel of Hebrew University in Jerusalem said his research challenges the traditional concept of the "habitable zone," the narrow orbital range around a ...

Hycean worlds are also called ocean worlds. They're planets covered in oceans that also have thick hydrogen atmospheres. There are no confirmed hycean worlds but many candidates. Even though they're ...