How any Earth-sized exoplanets exist, and how do we find them? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

What if humanity could no longer live on Earth? Perhaps a catastrophic event forced us to find a new home among the stars.

Although astronomers have directly imaged a few dozen gas giants on the scale of Jupiter, Earth-sized planets are too small and dim to be directly imaged. That's not to say there's a shortage of Earth ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, if more detailed analyses verify preliminary observations from the James Webb ...

The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.

A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than Mars due to its dimmer star. If it has a thick enough atmosphere, though, ...

Learn about HD 137010 b, a cold Earth‑sized planet candidate that sits near the outer edge of its star’s habitable zone.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (NASA/CNN NEWSOURCE/WKRC) - Astronomers have announced a groundbreaking discovery that could change our understanding of the universe. A planet, similar in size to Earth, has been ...

A distant flicker of light from a star can reveal more than you might expect. In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky has helped scientists uncover something astonishing: planets much like ...

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.