Astronomers have recently detected potential signs of microbial life on the exoplanet K2-18b, an ocean-covered world located ...

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

Well, now astronomers are revisiting these questions following the discovery of a possible atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet about 40 light years away. The exoplanet is called Trappist-1e and ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...

The exoplanet LHS 3844b (left) is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits the star LHS 3844 (right). Discovered in 2018 by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey, LHS 3844b is located 48.6 ...

A global team of astronomers led by a Turkish scientist has discovered four new exoplanets, one of which lies within the ...

The 13th session of the Shanghai Master Forum on Science was held at Fudan University on Monday, featuring a captivating ...