The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered exoplanet that may orbit within the outer edge of its star's habitable zone, raising fresh questions about how common potentially life-supporting worlds ...

That would make it thousands of times more massive than any moon orbiting a solar system plane  — so massive it could make ...

An exoplanet called HD 137010 b might be the closest thing astronomers have ever seen to “Earth 2.0.” The trouble is that it’s only been seen once—and may never be glimpsed again ...

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.

Worlds that circle stars other than our own are called “exoplanets.” This specific one could be the very first planet like ...

The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.

"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link." ...

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet candidate around a Sun-like star just 146 light-years away from us.