Astronomers broke major ground in their hunt for new worlds after potentially locating a giant, habitable planet near the ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to flesh out our understanding of the exoplanet population. The second was to ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium ...

Artist impression of one type of Delta Scuti pulsation, that is driven by waves (blue arrows) traveling between the star's ...

Researchers have identified a possible planet inside the habitable zone of a star roughly 2,000 degrees Celsius hotter than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life.

To find this exoplanet, the astronomers analysed nearly 16,500 Delta Scuti stars observed by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet ...

What should we look for in an exoplanet to find life? Why we may need to refine the meaning of ‘habitable zone’ How much do we know about the habitable exoplanets discovered by ESO? The idea of ...

Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets now in astronomers’ catalogs, the most intriguing yet might be one confirmed last week, a potentially habitable world of fire and ice twirling around a nearby sunlike ...

Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life. NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP When astronomers search for planets that ...

(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 ...