One hundred twenty light-years from us, there is an exoplanet that can potentially host life. It’s called K2-18b, and it’s ...

"If we find water in a planet's atmosphere, there is probably a great deal more in its interior." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

What if humanity could no longer live on Earth? Perhaps a catastrophic event forced us to find a new home among the stars.

Ready to go for a swim? The biggest swimming pool in this section of the galaxy could be just 24 trillion miles away. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of K2-18b, an exoplanet that's a high-profile "water world" candidate. | Credit: ...

A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean outside our Solar System, according to scientists using the James Webb space ...

Stronger links between researchers who work on Earth’s and other planets’ atmospheres, and between the experimental, ...

Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered three ...

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with ...

The possibility that there is liquid water on an exoplanet’s surface usually flags it as “potentially habitable,” but the reality is that too much water might prevent life from taking hold. “On Earth, ...

Named for the Gaelic god of war, Smertrios has a composition and density that are a challenge to planet formation models. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Of all the potential super-Earths—terrestrial exoplanets more massive than Earth—out there, an exoplanet orbiting a star only 40 light-years away from us in the constellation Cetus might be the most ...