The James Webb Space Telescope investigated a giant planet, K2-18b, that could be an ocean world, according to NASA. The exoplanet lies 120 light-years away from Earth.

The quest for life beyond Earth has centered for decades on rocky, Earth-like planets, but a new class of enigmatic worlds ...

Hycean worlds are also called ocean worlds. They're planets covered in oceans that also have thick hydrogen atmospheres.

Exoplanet Could Have Water Ocean and Hint of Life Richard Luscombe The Guardian September 12, 2023 NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University) ...

Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre ...

The most likely reason (when combined with other observation) for seeing 1000 times more of the chemical DMS would be that exoplanet K2-18B is an ocean planet teeming with life. This ocean filled with ...

A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean outside our Solar System, according to scientists using the James Webb space ...

The exoplanet LHS 1140 b has been an enticing object for astronomers ever since it was discovered in 2017. That's mainly thanks to its location, a mere 48 light-years away.