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

An international team including Cornell researcher Jake Turner has developed a novel analysis method capable of uncovering ...

NASA’s Kepler data reveals HD 137010 b, a cold, Earth-sized candidate. Though freezing cold, it offers valuable insights into planetary formation and life’s potential elsewhere.

Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of ...

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

With an orbital period around one year, much like Earth's 13-hour transit duration, HD 137010 b tantalises as Earth 2.0.

This artist's impression shows the star TRAPPIST-1 with two planets transiting across it. ExoMiner++, a recently updated open ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Thanks to some old data and New Mexico researchers, we know of one more exoplanet in the Milky Way. A group of scientists at New Mexico State University and Northwestern ...