An international team of researches has announced the discovery of a super-Earth exoplanet (designated GJ 251 c) situated in ...

"We really need to understand the life cycle of a planetary body before we can do a lot with the exoplanet data." Only Earth has jigsaw-like tectonic plates that crash together and pull apart like ...

It's just 18 light-years away: a super-Earth named GJ 251c with a minimum mass about 3.84 times that of our own planet. The ...

New planet is one of the best ever hopes for seeing alien life, scientists say - Less than 20 light years away, we could soon ...

While researchers say they've found a potentially habitable planet, it'll take a new generation of telescopes to figure out ...

An international team of researchers has identified a strong candidate for a nearby, potentially rocky exoplanet orbiting ...

Imagine a planet much like Earth, except instead of green trees dotting its swaths of land, two species of flowers—black daisies and white daisies—are the dominant plant life. The flowers are ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...

Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...