Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search for potential signs of life. The discovery of a potential “super-Earth” loca ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...

In a significant breakthrough, scientists have identified three Earth-sized exoplanets in a binary star system, potentially ...

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Could scientists find life in the clouds of exoplanet atmospheres? This is what a manuscripton the arXiv preprint server ...

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for ...