University of California, Irvine Generally, scientists agree that the chances of our planet being the only one in the ...

Astronomers have identified the clearest signs yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet outside our Solar System, marking a major step in understanding extreme worlds. Using NASA’s James Webb Space ...

The search for habitable planets in the wider universe just got a new contender. According to a study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a team of astronomers and ...

Webb Telescope detects an atmosphere on TOI-561 b, a scorching rocky planet once thought too small and hot to hold onto its ...

Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system.

The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet ...

A newly discovered “super-Earth” planet could allow us to finally see alien life, researchers say. The world – named GJ 251 c and lying less than 20 light years away – is thought to be a “super Earth” ...

(Phys.org)—NASA's Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun's ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...