Astronomers have identified a super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star just ... Although this does not guarantee habitability, the discovery is significant because very few known exoplanets meet ...

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What can not finding life beyond Earth tell us about the universe? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical ...

NASA has discovered a new world, named Gliese 12 b. It is roughly the size of Earth, lies in the habitable zone, and orbits every 12.8 days.

The detection of this super-Earth was not easy and the process was iterative ... will still require many scientific milestones and a transdisciplinary approach. Its habitability conditions are already ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth located 41 light-years ... begs intriguing questions regarding the habitability of the planet or any matter that ...

"Best of all," added the Mail, it lies just 19.7 light-years away from Earth, raising the "tantalising possibility" of being able to photograph it and, of course, "any aliens lurking there".

The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

Not having an atmosphere, which traps important gases like oxygen and water vapor, may render a planet uninhabitable, even if it were otherwise an Earth ... to study the habitability of worlds ...

A new study uses inversions of orbital gravity and magnetic field data to argue for the presence of ancient, long-lasting hydrothermal systems on Mars.