This artist's conception shows a hypothetical habitable planet with two moons orbiting a red dwarf star. Astronomers have found that 6 percent of all red dwarf stars have an Earth-sized planet in ...

"Excitingly, its proximity with us (only 20 light-years) means there is hope for future space missions to obtain an image of ...

The search for habitable planets has taken a leap forward with new space telescopes probing exoplanet atmospheres for life.

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. In January, NASA revealed that astronomers had discovered yet another potentially ...