Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering ...

The hunt for potentially habitable rocky planets in our galaxy has been the holy grail of exoplanet studies for decades.

A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support ...

Scientists have confirmed a potentially habitable fifth planet in the nearby L 98-59 system, revealing a diverse collection ...

The fifth planet, named L 98-59 f, is located in the star’s habitable zone, where conditions could allow liquid water to exist.

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone ... to send a larger mission to our nearest potentially habitable neighbor? That was the thought behind the master ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When scientists find exoplanets around distant stars, a primary consideration is ...

Astronomers have detected a relatively close exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, where temperatures are just right to support liquid water on the surface. As detailed in a new ...

All of the exoplanets were found by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS mission. Another planet in the system, discovered in 2020 and named TOI 700 d, is also the size of Earth.

New telescope technologies, including space-based tools such as the James Webb Telescope, have enabled us to discover thousands of potentially habitable exoplanets that could support life similar ...