At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

One of the main questions in exoplanet science concerns M dwarfs (red dwarfs) and the habitability of exoplanets that orbit ...

Though the characteristics of K-type stars make them favourable targets in the study of habitability, they haven't received ...

Scientists are using powerful telescopes to study exoplanet atmospheres for signs of life. New missions could soon reveal ...

The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system has shifted from counting planets to confronting extremes that strain basic ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, January 29 at 11 a.m. for the talk, Probing Exoplanet Magnetospheres: ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...

Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, if more detailed analyses verify preliminary observations from the James Webb ...

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-Earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something ...