WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life.
An Earth-size planet discovered around a nearby star offers astronomers their first chance for exoplanetary geology.
The so-called "exo-Venus," a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Venus, is known as Gliese 12 b, a world just 40 light-years ...
Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet where days and nights don't end. Read all the interesting details about it right ...
Gliese 12 b, a Venus-sized world located just 40 light-years away, presents a promising target for studying planetary ...
New software let scientists re-examine old radar images, providing some of the strongest evidence yet that volcanoes continue to reshape the hellish planet.
Scientists at the University of Warwick say they have been part of an international team to discover a new new habitable ...
Astronomers may have finally figured out why a distant exoplanet with the density of a microwaved marshmallow has such a ...
T wo different groups of astronomers have reported the discovery of an exoplanet that might be an Earth twin, or maybe a ...
Astronomers are abuzz with the recent discovery of Gliese 12 b, an exoplanet (planet outside our solar system) that’s ...
Astronomers at MIT, the University of Liège, and elsewhere have discovered a new planet orbiting a small cold star, a mere 55 ...