An artist’s impression of the white dwarf star WD1054–226 orbited by clouds of planetary debris and a major planet in the habitable zone. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

"Excitingly, its proximity with us (only 20 light-years) means there is hope for future space missions to obtain an image of it." A new habitable planet that orbits a sun-like star been discovered ...

The habitable zone for complex life (blue ... excludes many exoplanets including Proxima Centauri b and TRAPPIST-1 planets e, f and g (black dots). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers have discovered a rarity among the stars. According to a new study ...

Excitingly, its proximity to us (only 20 light years) means there is hope for future space missions to obtain an image of it." Although the planet is located in the system's habitable zone ...

While the current atmosphere of Mars is too cold and thick to support liquid water, NASA missions over the years have found ...

She said a key difference in the star/planet systems her team studied—a variation responsible for a planetary climate being habitable or not—was the rotational characteristics of the planets.