NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found two planets similar in size to Earth and within the habitable zone of star TOI 700 . We might temper our excitement though, as this is not ...

This research may help us identify habitable planets around other stars. Alien planets and moons experience rainfall just like Earth. Still, scientists were surprised to learn that raindrops on these ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

Earth may be the only planet in the universe that we know to support life. However, astronomers have identified several alien exoplanets that could have even better environments, making them ...

Scientists searched 27 exoplanets for alien technology using planetary eclipses, revealing a new way SETI hunts signals ...

One of the most promising Earth-sized exoplanets may be far more barren than its early billing suggested, with new analyses ...

On 6 October 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the Universe beyond our Solar System. Michel Mayor ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

In recent decades, exoplanets discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. These distant worlds, orbiting stars beyond our Sun, have opened an entirely new chapter in astronomy. Once ...

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Thirty years ago, on Oct. 6, 1995, the very ...