It is believed that the planet, named HD 20794 d, is at just the right distance from its star to sustain water on its surface, but because this distance changes over the course of its elliptical ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable ... Dumusque is a member of the team that discovered and ...

The exciting discovery just 20 light-years away from Earth could play a 'pivotal role' in the search for life on other planets ...

Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.

The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth—a planet larger than Earth but smaller than ...

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

It was, of course, a great joy for me when we could confirm the planet’s existence,” said Dr. Cretignier. “It was also a ...

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...