The hottest planet ever discovered is charcoal black and makes even some stars seem cool. Scientists think the exoplanet absorbs nearly all the starlight that reaches its surface and then ...

It’s too hot to be habitable, but the information could help analysts take a look at planets with more life-supporting potential. And everyone is waiting for the next big thing(s) to come along ...

The planet, unglamorously known as Kepler-186f, occupies the outer, chillier edge of the habitable zone around a faint, cool star. If the planet were a little bit farther from its star, any water ...

Looking for life: Scientists find 7 possibly Earthlike planets orbiting ultracool star. by Alan Boyle on February 22, 2017 at 10:00 am August 31, 2017 at 12:23 pm.

A team of researchers recently spent 28 hours scanning space around these worlds, looking for radio signals from extraterrestrial technology. The project marked the longest single-target search ...

But two new studies probe the likely compositions of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the cool, dim star, and some are looking better and better as places to live (SN: 3/18/17, p. 6) .

Astronomers have discovered two super-Earths orbiting an ultracool dwarf star 100 light-years away, and one of the planets could support the existence of liquid water, a vital ingredient of life.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Talk about an Earth-shattering discovery. Scientists have spotted seven Earth-size planets around a nearby star, some or all of which could harbor water and possibly ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Early risers and stargazers will have a really cool scene in the sky over the next couple of weeks, through the end of April. Looking from the eastern sky to the southeast sky ...

A team of researchers recently spent 28 hours scanning space around these worlds, looking for radio signals from extraterrestrial technology. The project marked the longest single-target search ...