The study of exoplanets has come a long way since the first detection of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun in 1995.

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

This is the background to the discovery of super-Earth HD 20794 d by an international team including the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the NCCR PlanetS. '"Are we alone in the universe?"' ...

Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may have conditions suitable for life.

Earth" planet that may have conditions suitable for life, according to the University of Oxford. The exoplanet—a planet ...

Found by Dr Michael Cretignier of the University of Oxford, the planet has a mass six times greater than Earth's and orbits ...

(Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC)) (CN) — With the discovery of a new "super-Earth," astronomers are hoping it could help answer one of the biggest questions in science: Are we alone in the ...

and a new discovery might just be a promising location for extra-terrestrials to hide. Scientists have just discovered an “super-Earth” just 20 light years away that could have the right ...