When it comes to planets in our Solar System's habitable zone, one world is too close to the Sun, another is too far and ...

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.

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 ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

A planet has been discovered lurking in the habitable zone of not one, but two, stars. This far-off planet, situated around 310 light-years from Earth, has been found to exist within the two-star ...

Waters may be flowing on the surface of a colossal planet that lies about 120 light-years from Earth, according to new evidence uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope. The investigation with the ...

When astronomers look to planets outside Earth for the promise of life as we know it, they look to the habitable zone — a region neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water on the surface. Since ...

One of the most important characteristics of an alien planet is whether or not it falls into what's called the habitable zone ­— a Goldilocks-like range of not-too-close, not-too-far distances from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 6 years old. Should the 'habitable ...

To date, scientists have identified nearly 4,000 exoplanets, a handful of which could potentially contain the right conditions for life to exist. These planets lie in the so-called habitable zone (HZ) ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...