Earth, called Ross 508 b, orbiting a small red dwarf star just 37 light-years from Earth. The discovery, made using the ...

"Based on the first four observations, we cannot tell that (this planet ... these kinds of studies were science fiction," Espinoza said about the possibility of detecting atmospheres on faraway ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits. It was also the start of a whirlwind of discovery.