An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

A new world has just been found orbiting a Sun-like star only 20 light-years away, and it could be one of the most promising ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

United States Space Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle returned to Earth yesterday (March 7) following its seventh mission to ...

Scientists have discovered a 'super-Earth' exoplanet, HD 20794 d, located just 20 light-years away, which could potentially host life. It resides in the habitable zone of its star and might have ...

Based on more than two decades of astronomical data, these findings are an important step toward finding Earth-like worlds outside our solar system. Scientists are now eager to find out if this newly ...

"Best of all," added the Mail, it lies just 19.7 light-years away from Earth, raising the "tantalising possibility" of being able to photograph it and, of course, "any aliens lurking there".

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. This planet, named HD 20794 d, could offer conditions conducive to life. Located just 20 ...