The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.

A newly identified super-Earth orbiting a nearby star has rapidly climbed to the top of astronomers’ wish lists for worlds ...

Astronomers have identified a nearby “super-Earth” that sits in the temperate zone of its star, instantly vaulting it into ...

This artist's concept illustrates the results of a new study that measured the masses of many planets relative to the stars that host them, leading to new information about populations of planets in ...

Earth-like exoplanets might be more common throughout the Milky Way than previously believed, astronomers report in a new study. The researchers discovered an unusual super-Earth orbiting its star at ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

Newly identified planet GJ 251 c orbits a nearby m-dwarf, offering promising target for future life-detection missions - ...