A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

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NASA shares 7 stunning images of exoplanets ...

Exoplanet super-Earths are more prevalent in the universe than earlier research predicated according to international ...

By Dave Prosper Astronomers have been trying to discover evidence that worlds exist around stars other than our Sun since the ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly detected the faint glow of a planet that’s colder than any ...

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

"It's like trying to spot a fish by looking for ripples in a pond, rather than trying to see the fish itself." ...

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

The Milky Way is known to host a diverse array of planetary systems, providing astronomers with extensive insights into how ...

A Harvard professor questions whether research conducted at the University of Cambridge about life on K2-18b is accurate.

A rare and dramatic scene unfolds 140 light-years from Earth. A rocky planet, once whole, is now crumbling to dust under the ...