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A first ever detection of a coronal mass ejection from a small red dwarf could have big consequences for life on any nearby ...

NASA is heading into the holidays with long-awaited good news about its next flagship observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman ...

With temperatures reaching almost 2,000 degrees Celsius on its dayside, LTT 9779 is one of the few known planets in the "hot ...

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

Planet hunters have grown used to strange worlds, but a handful of discoveries now point to something even more radical: ...

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

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 the search for extraterrestrial life, the presence of water is a key signature of possible habitability. Identifying why ...