Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...

Astronomers have detected molecules on exoplanet K2-18b that may have been produced by simple organisms, claiming it's the ...

124 light-years away is ​K2-18b, a distant world orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation Leo. It was discovered in ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Astronomers have discovered a major sign of life — and “the first hints… of an alien world” on a distant planet orbiting ...

In the quest to find approximately Earth-sized planets located in the "Goldilocks zone" i.e. neither too hot nor too cold) ...

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting exoplanet’s signal typically features a brief, regularly repeating light curve dip ...