Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

Astronomers may have found the first rocky exoplanet in a habitable zone with signs of an atmosphere. The findings, published ...

New research using NASA's powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the "habitable zone," the region around a star where ...

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...

Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, ...

Stellar migration may greatly increase the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way. Future ESA missions will test these predictions with detailed exoplanet observations. What can the Galactic Hab ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

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TRAPPIST-1 e orbits a small, cool red dwarf star. It is one of seven Earth-sized planets there. Scientists are curious ...