An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

"Exploring the clouds, say by balloon, can be done with technology that's ready today," Byrne told Space.com. "We could ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A newly discovered exoplanet has some scientists excited, as they believe it could not only be habitable, but closer than many other Earth-like exoplanets. According to a new ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with technology comparable to ours, would they be able to detect Earth?

Here are some pics of most earth-like exoplanets uploaded by NASA: Gliese 667Cc, 22 light-years from Earth, is 4.5 times Earth's mass, orbits its cooler red dwarf star in 28 days, and likely resides ...

Using 20 years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered that turbulent stars could be corrupting ...