Trends in the way that exoplanets are depicted in science fiction (sf) have changed since the first real exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, says a new study from researchers at ...

What planet is most like Earth? Reseachers have identified several exoplanets similar to our planet, but none that are an ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of an exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to the sun. Credit: Many Worlds Scientists say they've finally found a world orbiting Barnard's ...

Astronomers do not have a photo of Kepler-22b, but they used the so-called 'transit method' to detect it from 640 light-years away. Credit: NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech illustration In Apple TV’s ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

A star's magnetic field must be considered in order to correctly determine the characteristics of exoplanets from observations by space telescopes such as Kepler, James Webb, or PLATO. Researchers ...

A scientist tried using machine-learning techniques from particle physics to analyze data from astronomy—and in the process discovered a new exoplanet. At the start of his academic career, Jason Terry ...

Exoplanets come up a lot these days, usually in headlines about distant stars, strange atmospheres, or the possibility of ...

"We have no way to determine how different exoplanets really look in detail yet, and this makes them a rich space for creativity." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

For this reason, not much consideration has been given to these stars' ability to host habitable exoplanets," Shields said. "Our computer simulations suggest that if rocky planets exist in their ...

A new study shows the European Extremely Large Telescope will be able to directly image and study the atmospheres of some potentially habitable exoplanets. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

An astronomy lesson on binary stars could begin with a series of complex diagrams and data, or with a clip from the movie Star Wars where Luke Skywalker looks up at the sky of his home planet, ...