Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

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

The exoplanet HD 20794d swoops in and out of its habitable zone every few hundred days, making for an extreme climate.

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

Scientists work to define a “habitable zone,” which means that if it’s too close to a star, the water heats and evaporates, and too far, it freezes. Also, the atmospheric conditions need to be just ...

ANDES stands for ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. AndES is a high-resolution instrument that can search for ...

Because this planet is relatively close to Earth and orbits a bright star, it is a perfect target for future telescopes.

An international team, including the UNIGE, has discovered a super-Earth that will enable astronomers to test new hypotheses ...

Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO A super-Earth planet that dips in and out ... for the next generation of telescopes to probe its atmosphere, and for scientists to test the extreme limits ...