A recent discovery has sent ripples through the scientific community, with astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to ...

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Five small exoplanets orbit closely around a red dwarf star called L 98-59, located 35 ...

NASA has discovered a new super-Earth that has a year only lasting a few hours. The exoplanet K2-141b, was found very close to its orange sun-like star, and has an orbital period of less than one ...

"Finding a temperate planet in such a compact system makes this discovery particularly exciting." A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions ...