A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Now, four small planets have ...

Contributing Editor Korey Haynes has produced a stellar story, How we study our planet, exploring the way we use Earth-orbiting satellites to inform us about our home. The array of orbiting ...

The nearest single star to the sun, Barnard’s star, has a brood of planets all its own. The red dwarf star, about six light-years from Earth, hosts four close-in planets each about two to three ...

Proctor/J. Pollard A quartet of Earth-like worlds, each about 20% to 30% the size of our planet, circle one of our closest stellar neighbors, a new study reveals. The rocky alien worlds are close ...

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New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...