A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

Because most planets derive their heat from their host star, that temperature range corresponds to a certain orbital distance known as the habitable zone. Because it is “just right” for life ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf (or M-dwarf), the smallest class of stars capable of ... TRAPPIST-1e is among three worlds in the habitable zone of this star, and it's right in the middle of the system ...

M-type stars, also known as “red dwarfs ... Moreover, many of these were found within their star’s circumsolar habitable zone (CHZ), or “Goldilocks Zone.” This refers to the orbit ...

the University of La Laguna (ULL) have confirmed the existence of a new super-Earth planet, HD 20794 d, in the habitable zone around the Sun-like star 82 Eridanus (HD 20794). This discovery is the ...