More than six times as massive as Earth, scientists are describing it as a 'super Earth ... decade,' Dr Cretignier said. Already, NASA has a webpage dedicated to an exoplanet called 'HD 20794 d', ...

Named HD 20794 D, the newly discovered exoplanet orbits a star similar to the Sun, and researchers believe it may be able to sustain liquid water, which is vital for life, as we know it, to exist.

The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

Astronomers at NASA have caught a glimpse of a star system whipping through space at an unprecedented speed. While the system ...

A "super-Earth" located outside our solar system is raising hopes for the possibility of extraterrestrial life, according to findings from the University of Oxford. Scientists believe the ...

Because this planet is relatively close to Earth and orbits a bright star, it is a perfect target for future telescopes.

"The question 'Are we alone?' is one of the most significant questions, not just in the history of science, but in the history of humanity." ...

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — When a boy named Elliott found ... including a super-sensitive coronagraph that can detect Earth-size ...