As every Who fan knows, the Time Lord’s adventures in space and time mostly take place in Wales. Since Doctor Who’s reboot in 2005, Cardiff and the Welsh countryside have doubled for landings ...

Gliese 581c is a super-Earth planet that was discovered in 2007. It resides in the Gliese 581 system, which at 20 light-years from Earth is relatively close to our planet (in celestial terms).

Astronomers Dr Guillem Anglada-Escudé from the Queen Mary University of London and Dr Mikko Tuomi from the University of Hertfordshire have dismissed claims made last year that one of the exoplanets ...

"That's the first step to find life." 4. The Gliese 581 system's orbit compared to our own solar system. The planet labeled G is the one scientists believe could very likely support life.

Both non-planets, Gliese 581d and 581g, were thought to be part of the Gliese 581 star system, located only 20 light-years away. To those familiar with the history of the Gliese 581 system ...

Twenty light-years away, orbiting the star Gliese 581, was a rocky planet thought to be three to four times the mass of the Earth, smack in the middle of the so-called “Goldilocks zone ...

Those packing their bags for a trip to the two potentially habitable exoplanets previously claimed to be orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581 had better rethink their travel plans. Astronomers ...