It's remarkably similar to Earth.

A planet has been discovered lurking in the habitable zone of not one, but two, stars. This far-off planet, situated around 310 light-years from Earth, has been found to exist within the two-star ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life.

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

If confirmed, this exoplanet would be the only known rocky world in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.

The exoplanet, TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times the width of Earth. Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet ...

Astronomers have discovered a type of exoplanet called a “super-Earth” located in the habitable zone of its small star, and it’s right in our cosmic backyard, just 137 light-years away. The planet, ...

"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star opened the door to exploring this profound ...

— -- Astronomers on Monday reported the discovery of an Earth-like planet outside the solar system whose size and distance from its own star put it in the "habitable" zone and make for a surface ...

With data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a super-Earth within the habitable zone. The discovery was made by University College London ...

Hannah Wakeford receives funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) framework under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee for an ERC Starter Grant (grant number EP/Y006313/1). Ryan ...