With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in025. Billions more are waiting to be ...

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could potentially form.

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic ...

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

A recent study of an exoplanet 120 light-years away revealed it has elements that are believed to be essential in the formation of life. NASA studied K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as ...

To our surprise, a similar phenomenon of water vapor has also been observed on exoplanets far in the depths of the universe. K2-18b is an exoplanet located about 110 light-years from Earth. It is ...

NASA’s exoplanet tally has climbed to 6,000, revealing bizarre and beautiful worlds far stranger than our own.

Recently, the astronomical community has welcomed an exciting discovery: water vapor has been detected in the atmospheres of multiple exoplanets, with its form surprisingly resembling the tiny dew ...

A NASA-led reanalysis of JWST data from exoplanet K2-18 b, incorporating multiple independent analyses, found no conclusive evidence of dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a potential biosignature, despite a ...

However, even if an atmosphere was ruled out, the result would still be exciting, he said, because it would make life on ...

American space agency NASA announced this week the counter showing the number of confirmed exoplanets has now reached over ...