Astronomers have discovered a large Earth-like planet orbiting ... could exist on the surface. Artist's impression of exoplanet planet HD 20794 d and its orbit in and out of its star's habitable ...

Habitable zone: artist’s impression of the TRAPPIST-1 system, where four exoplanets are considered prime targets in the search for extraterrestrial life. (Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The presence of ...

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

In April, the scientific world—and the public—was abuzz with the thrilling news that a distant planet called K2-18b might ...

One bizarre element in space is rogue planets, worlds just like our own ... instead became stuck as a lone gas giant. Here's an artist's impression of CFBDSIR 2149-0403. It is a free-floating ...

The new observations were carried out using JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which captured signals in the mid-infrared ...

Your new holiday hotspot could be four Earth-like planets twirling around one of our closest cosmic neighbours. Well, maybe don’t go on SkyScanner just yet. It’s more likely a destination for ...

Astronomers in Japan have published their theory of an “Earth-like planet,” dubbed Planet Nine, that’s hiding in plain sight just a few billion miles behind Neptune. Published last month in ...

Artist’s impression ... planet around its star is so close and fast that one complete orbit occurs roughly every 53 hours. For context regarding how close HAT-P-32b's orbit is to its star, Earth ...

The model developed by the team found that white dwarfs can fuel both processes simultaneously, making Earth-like planets possible around white dwarfs. This discovery could help widen the focus of ...

our solar system's biggest planet, had been spotted orbiting white dwarfs. The white dwarf is orbited by two bodies - the Earth-like planet and, further out, a brown dwarf, an object bigger than a ...