Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Exoplanets may harbor alien life; scientists seek biosignatures through advanced exploration. Could they lead to humanity's ...

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A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...

Scientists have identified HD 20794 d, a super-Earth in the habitable zone of its star ... researchers are now shifting their attention to studying exoplanets’ characteristics to assess their ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

In the end, the computer models made some remarkable findings regarding the habitable potential for exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars. The models revealed the white dwarf exoplanet’s surface ...

"With its location in a habitable zone and relatively ... that will characterize the atmospheres of exoplanets to search for biosignatures indicating potential life," Cretignier said.

The habitable zone for complex life (blue) is highly restricted relative to the zone defined by the potential for liquid ... This narrower zone excludes many exoplanets including Proxima Centauri ...

With the new findings, astronomers now know that there are rocky planets orbiting in the Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s star systems, though none in the habitable zone. Two exoplanets have been ...

The discovery, made under extreme pressure and heat, could provide new insights into the composition of icy exoplanets and ... Astronomers have identified a potential record-breaking exoplanet ...