The biggest implication for this finding, if confirmed, is that planets of different sizes form at different rates than previously believed. Most importantly, theories about the likelihood of life in ...

Its lack of motion suggested it was not a background star either. They also checked if it could be a distant galaxy. The chance of finding such a galaxy at that exact spot was only 0.34%.

Despite extensive research and advancements in technology, no habitable exoplanets have been discovered to date. While astronomers have identified thousands of exoplanets, none meet the conditions ...

A team of scientists is developing a "quantum-sensitive" device that could capture direct images of Earth-like exoplanets — something astronomers tend to consider so difficult it's nearly ...