In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky has helped scientists uncover something astonishing: planets much like Earth, called super-Earths, may be far more common than once thought—and ...

Habitable zones and planet formation When factoring in this super-Earth data, the team calculated that there should be around 0.35 super-Earth planets per star on wide Jupiter -like orbits.

A huge "super-Earth" with an extreme climate that results in it being habitable for only part of its orbit has been discovered orbiting a star 2,472 light years away.

Automating the processes of space object detection and analysis accelerates the search for Earth-like habitable planets, such as K2-18b, outside our solar system.

Life & Culture The moon is slowly drifting away from Earth. Here’s how that affects us each day Published: May. 13, 2025, 1:18 p.m.

With water covering the majority of our planet, scientists have been wading through ideas to answer a fundamental question: Where did it all come from? A popular theory suggests asteroids or ...