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

Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, only a select few show promise. Here we look at some of the most habitable exoplanets ever discovered ranked through their similarity to Earth. The result ...

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

Each orbit the planet begins out beyond the habitable zone ... past 20 years and has a somewhat mixed history when it comes ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

it lies just 19.7 light-years away from Earth, raising the "tantalising possibility" of being able to photograph it and, of course, "any aliens lurking there". An exoplanet is a planet outside our ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of a new super-Earth, HD 20794 d, located just 20 light-years away. This ...