The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a ‘50% chance of residing in the habitable zone’ of its sun-like star, scientists say ...

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Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

NASA on Jan. 31 announced a potentially habitable planet named TOI-715 b, noting in a press release that the planet is "fairly close to us" at 137 light-years away, a close proximity from an ...

A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and 95% the size of our world. The celestial body is ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Astronomers have discovered a type of exoplanet called a “super-Earth” located in the habitable zone of its small star, and it’s right in our cosmic backyard, just 137 light-years away. The planet, ...

A team of astronomers has discovered a rare Earth-mass exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of a star. Exoplanet Wolf 1069 b and the star it orbits, Wolf 1069, are located approximately 31 ...

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...