The CARMENES project has detected two more Earth-like planets that orbit a red dwarf star just 12.5 light years away
When it comes to naming all those exoplanets that astronomers keep finding, it's up to the International Astronomical Union (IAU)…
If NASA sends a Starshade into space, it will need to perform some very accurate formation flying with the space…
370 light years away from us, a solar system is making baby planets. The star at the center of it…
Scientists working with data from the Kepler mission have discovered an additional 18 Earth-sized worlds. The team used a newer,…
Sad fact of the Universe is that all stars will die, eventually. And when they do, what happens to their…
A lot of the headlines and discussion around the habitability of exoplanets is focused on their proximity to their star…
A new study conducted by an international team of scientists examines what the term "habitable zone" means and how next-generation…
Even though astronomy people are fond of touting the number of exoplanets found by the Kepler spacecraft, those planets aren't…
A new study has placed new constraints on the emergence of complex life, which effectively narrows what what we would…