Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a ...

The exploration and study of exoplanets have advanced significantly in recent years, leading scientists to reconsider how ...

If exoplanet scientists could directly detect surface water on distant planets it would be a game-changer and would take some of the guess work out of the effort to find habitable worlds.

Scientists have developed a new and improved method to better understand "steam world" exoplanets, a move that could refocus ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

Astronomers discover 7 potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting nearby dwarf star The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters.

Starshade-based methods, both for in-space observatories like the Habitable Worlds Observer or ground-based observatories, ...

But in reality, it may be the beginning of a new phase of life for all the objects living in the solar system. When stars like the Sun die, they go through a phase of rapid expansion called the Red ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community stated that clearly in the 2020 Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 ...

“The simplest explanation of this planet is a very thick gas-giant atmosphere with no habitable surface,” says exoplanet scientist Nick Wogan of NASA Ames.

Astronomers using JWST have detected a giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A, our nearest Sun-like star.

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists.