When it was first discovered in 2007, Gliese 581d was thought to be just outside its star's habitable zone, but later, scientists discovered that Gliese 581d is just close in enough to potentially ...

Astronomers using JWST have detected a giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A, our nearest Sun-like star. Super-Earths are among the most common planets in the galaxy, yet none ...

Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP When astronomers search for planets that ...

The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, located about 39 light-years from Earth, hosts seven rocky worlds orbiting a cool red dwarf star. While several of these Earth-sized planets lie in the star’s ...

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.

Finding life elsewhere in the cosmos is no easy task. We’ve been searching for decades and, so far, we haven’t heard from anyone and we haven’t found anywhere that looks quite like home. While ...

In order to solve various problems occurring on the earth such as global warming, population increase, food crisis, measures to "humans will migrate to planets other than the earth" may be advocated.

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...