What’s new — In the search for extraterrestrial life, most of the focus is on exoplanets with a large amount of liquid water on their surface. However, this new study focused on land planets ...

Young, hot planets could soak up a lot of water into their core, ... Some rocky exoplanets could have huge amounts of water in their molten cores. Story by Keith Cooper • 1w.

The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, ... a planet with some land and a shallow ocean," said Edwin Kite, ...

People have found amazing planets in "No Man's Sky," but we haven't seen many that make us want to lie on the beach with a Mai Tai. This water planet does.

Water has made the Earth the planet that it is—a planet known for its blue oceans. Water shapes the land through erosion and is fundamental to Earth's ability to support life. But we have a hard ...

Sir David Attenborough discovers amazing water plants, some of which can count and hunt. Sir David Attenborough explores bizarre and beautiful water plants, which use nature's super-glue, counting ...

As telescopes get better, scientists are finding more and more planets orbiting stars in other solar systems, called exoplanets. Such discoveries are resulting in new research into how life could ...

The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, ... a planet with some land and a shallow ocean," said Edwin Kite, ...