New research has unveiled the potential for an atmosphere around an Earth -sized planet located approximately 40 light-years away. A team from the University of St Andrews has published a study on ...

The discovery of another exoplanet in a binary star system more than 1,000 light years away may lead to discoveries of many more planets in these cosmic neighbourhoods first popularized by Star Wars.

The discovery of a potentially habitable exoplanet by the James Webb Space Telescope sparks fresh curiosity across science and culture.

Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a stable atmosphere, the right chemistry, and possibly even things like plate ...

Another Earth-like exoplanet crossed off the list: JWST shows that GJ 3929b has no atmosphere by Evan Gough, Universe Today edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...