New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the “habitable zone”, the region around a star where ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

Kevin France, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses the Habitable Worlds Observatory, ...

In the vast depths of the universe, do planets similar to Earth exist, nurturing the miracle of life? Today, let us turn our ...

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Alpha Centauri, also known as Alpha Centauri A, is a three-star system. The brightest star, Alpha Centauri A, is quite ...

In a striking departure from traditional astronomical thought, scientists have recently proposed that black holes, long ...

The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for Earth 2.0.

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

Long-ago collisions between clouds of gas and dust could explain why many alien solar systems have planets with strange, highly tilted orbits — and why habitable worlds may be rare in the universe, a ...

Astronomers have identified an Earth-size exoplanet, TRAPPIST-1 e, 40 light years away that could potentially sustain liquid ...