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

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

"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".

According to NASA, the super-Earth exoplanet takes 90.3 days to orbit its star, and it is done in an elliptical manner rather than circular. Due to its size, planet HD 20794d is labelled as a ...

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 ...