Atoms found deep inside our planet argue that parts of “proto-Earth,” the early version of our planet, still survive inside ...

A newly identified super-Earth orbiting a nearby star has rapidly climbed to the top of astronomers’ wish lists for worlds ...

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.

According to Paul Robertson, associate professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine, discovering new exoplanets is common ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

In a landmark achievement, astronomers have identified a super-Earth exoplanet only 18 light-years away that meets all the ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted ...

A global team of astronomers led by a Turkish scientist has discovered four new exoplanets, one of which lies within the ...

A team of international astronomers, led by Turkish doctoral student Selçuk Yalçınkaya, has unveiled four new exoplanets – ...

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies," are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails. They spend much of their time sunning themselves on rocky ...

A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica. The 6-million-year-old ice and the tiny air bubbles trapped ...