Zachory Berta says that "GJ1214b is like no planet we know of." Like Berta, part of a team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics lead by ...

The new extrasolar planet is 2.7 times the size of Earth and 6.6 times as massive. That means it takes 38 hours to circle its star, a dim red dwarf named GJ 1214 that's one-fifth the size of our ...

Two far-off planets are likely made of water, according to research conducted using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer telescopes.

Astronomers have located the first planet outside our solar system containing water vapor and temperatures that could support life, according to NASA.. Data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope ...

The planet has to have an extensive, water-rich atmosphere for water to have been detected, says Guinan. Therefore K2-18 b may have oceans under its extensive warm atmosphere and may even have ...

The planet, VHS 1256 b, is a gas giant around 40 light years away from Earth. It has water, carbon dioxide and methane in its swirling silicate dust clouds.

Scientists have discovered an exoplanet located 90 light-years from Earth with an atmosphere that could contain water clouds. The exoplanet, called TOI-1231 b, is considered a sub-Neptune because ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, still harbors many secrets. ... 🔭 Intriguing: is the dwarf planet Ceres made of 90% water? Story by Adrien BERNARD • 1w.

Researchers have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres has an "ancient ocean" with salt water, which means the space object may still be geologically active. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

New research says the planet has no water and is made primarily of carbon. It also shows that planets can be more complex to study than stars. By Rebecca Boyle Posted on Oct 12, 2012 A super-Earth ...

An artist's depiction of the dwarf planet Ceres. Observations by ESA's Herschel space observatory between 2011 and 2013 find that the dwarf planet has a thin water vapor atmosphere.

Liquid water covers some 70 percent of Earth’s surface, making the planet unique in the solar system. But where that water came from has been a bit of a puzzle.