exoplanets

Astronomers and astrobiologists are mainly interested in finding planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, that might have liquid oceans. Liquid water can be on a planet's surface, warmed by its star, or it can even hide beneath the...

Scientists believe dinosaurs, which have been extinct on Earth for over 65 million years, might actually be living on other planets, according to research in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. This study maintains it is not only...

A recent research paper suggests that there could be millions of planets in our Milky Way galaxy that might be suitable for life. These planets, known as exoplanets, orbit around stars other than our sun. They are found in close...

Two Earth-like planets have been discovered by astronomers in the habitable zone of their planetary system less than sixteen light-years away from Earth. A solar system's habitable zone is the small area around a star, where liquid water is...

For the first time ever, astronomers have astrophysical evidence that Jupiter and other planets in the solar system will survive the death of the Sun.  By Dimitri Veras How will the Solar System die? It’s a hugely important question that researchers...

Australian scientists have recently detected radio signals from nineteen red dwarf stars using Earth's strongest antenna—the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), located in the Netherlands. A study detailing the findings was published in Nature Astronomy. The study shows that four of those...

Aliens beyond our solar system could be discovered within the next 25 years, a Swiss government scientist said. Sasha Quanz, an astrophysicist at Switzerland's federal technology institute ETH Zurich said that current technology such as the James Webb Space Telescope...

An exoplanet that may be covered by a deep ocean and is about one hundred light years away from Earth has been discovered by researchers in the constellation Draco. TOI-1452b, as it’s called, is a recently discovered exoplanet that is...

NASA announced on Monday that it has added the 5,000th alien world to its Exoplanet Archive marking a big milestone for planetary science. "The 5,000-plus planets found so far include small, rocky worlds like Earth, gas giants many times larger...

With all 573,000 votes from 182 countries now counted, the global NameExoWorlds public vote has selected ancient Greek names for three, out of a total of 31, exoplanets and 14 stars, which were officially named via avote organized by...