The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable ...

Caption The illustration shows the habitable zone for different types of stars. The distance to the habitable zone is dependent on how big and bright the star is. The green area is the habitable ...

Using the Kepler space telescope, the agency had discovered an exoplanet the size of Earth located in the habitable zone of another star. The planet was the first of a similar size to Earth ...

Astronomers have detected a relatively close exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, where temperatures are just right to support liquid water on the surface. There's still some ...

Because most planets derive their heat from their host star, that temperature range corresponds to a certain orbital distance known as the habitable zone. Because it is “just right” for life ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed that the planet K2-18b has traces of dimethyl sulfide, a potential ...

By calculating a larger habitable zone, Kopparapu estimated as many ... look for potentially habitable planets around smaller types of stars as well.” Red dwarfs are, on average, one-third ...

K2-18b resides within the habitable zone of its star, making the presence of liquid ... is what NASA says is among "the most common type of planet known so far in the galaxy.” ...

That was the first time these types of molecules had been identified in the atmosphere of an exoplanet in a star’s habitable zone. Now in a potential landmark discovery, scientists have detected ...

Upon further investigation, it seems that Gliese 581d may be the only one of the two actually in the habitable zone, and its orbit seems to take it in and out of the zone. Not to mention, a lot of ...