Previous studies found two of the closest planets outside the Solar System around this star, but missed the really exciting ...

Latest observations of L98-59d, about 35 light years from Earth, suggest it could be different to anything seen before ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new type of exoplanet known as a Hycean world—an ocean-covered planet with a thick ...

A new study challenges the traditional boundaries of the habitable zone, showing that liquid water could exist on the dark ...

Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the "Goldilocks Zone" around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just right for liquid water to pool ...

Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Scientists identify exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-size world orbiting a Sun-like star 146 light-years away ...

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There might be many more planets that could be home to aliens than we thought, according to a new study. For years, scientists have searched for life in the “habitable” or “goldilocks” zone – where it ...

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