NASA’s planet-hunting telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered a second Earth-size planet within the habitable zone of a nearby star. Named TOI 700 e ...

The same system also might harbor a second, Earth-sized planet, which, if confirmed, "would become the smallest habitable-zone planet discovered by TESS [the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ...

The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focused on planets in the ...

It's similar to how only one side of the moon is always facing Earth. Scientists are constantly discovering planets in habitable zones that could sustain human life. In September, scientists ...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has spotted a 'super-Earth' planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a relatively nearby red dwarf star. The extrasolar planet or 'exoplanet ...

Astronomers have discovered a type of exoplanet called a “super-Earth” located in the habitable zone of its small star, and it’s right in our cosmic backyard, just 137 light-years away.

Earth-sized planet, NASA said in a news release. If this theoretical second planet in the system is confirmed, it would become the smallest habitable-zone planet discovered by TESS, NASA's ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the ...

"Best of all," added the Mail, it lies just 19.7 light-years away from Earth, raising the "tantalising ... "Having a planet in the habitable zone is not sufficient at all to have life on it ...