A new discovery in the search for Earth-like exoplanets has just been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on ...

The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a ‘50% chance of residing in the habitable zone’ of its sun-like star, scientists say ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration shows the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized exoplanet V1298 Tau b being stripped away transforming it into a ...

A unique characteristic of the candidate planet HD 137010b is its ice-cold temperature.

Astronomers have uncovered a potentially habitable Earth-sized exoplanet 300 light-years away from us. Out of the 2,681 exoplanets spotted by NASA's Kepler space telescope between 2009 and 2018, this ...

Determining the size of an Earth-size exoplanet by the amount of starlight it blocks hundreds of light-years away once was the realm of science fiction. Measuring the mass of such a small planet based ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to flesh out our understanding of the exoplanet population. The second was to ...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has made a fascinating discovery, locating a new exoplanet that falls in size between Earth and Venus. This finding has piqued the interest of ...

Scientists using a NASA space telescope have discovered a tantalizing world. It's about the size of Earth, sits remarkably close to our solar system, and could be comfortable for life as we know it.

Understanding exoplanet evolution could help solve the mystery of the 'hot Neptune desert.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As ...

Planets this big aren't supposed to be found around red dwarfs like TOI-4860. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A massive, ...