The results show a circular “hotspot” on the side of the planet that always faces its star, surrounded by a cooler ring at ...

European astronomers report the discovery of a second alien world in the TOI-1422 planetary system located some 500 light ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Exoplanet TOI 1227 b is being bombarded by x-rays from its host red dwarf star, causing it to “shrink from the size of ...

For decades, the search for alien life has revolved around a narrow ring around stars where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. That “habitable zone” remains important, but astronomers are ...

A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life.

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

As my kids grew up, I feared losing them. But by embracing their music, hobbies, and passions, I found new ways to connect ...

As Santa sits at the North Pole anticipating the discovery of life on some far-flung planet he might be somewhat nervously scanning the latest scientific literature to see which exoplanets are hot top ...

What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

A Falcon 9 launched 140 payloads on its latest rideshare mission Nov. 28, ranging from European government spacecraft to a ...

Can planets orbiting M dwarf stars become habitable, or does the star’s activity prevent it? This is what a recent study ...