Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could ...

How many Earth-like exoplanets orbit M dwarf stars (Red dwarf stars), which are smaller and cooler than our Sun? This is what ...

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as an international ...

A theory by Albert Einstein has helped astronomers discover a rare exoplanet, sparking new ideas of where they can be found.

Recent studies reveal that low-mass stars frequently host Earth-like planets, with four new exoplanets recently identified by Heidelberg University astronomers.

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

In a groundbreaking first, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of a distant exoplanet unrecognized from past astronomical surveys.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made it possible to better characterize known exoplanets since it was commissioned ...

What do you think of when it comes to extraterrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings ...

Smallest exoplanets detected via radial velocity method The planets, b, c, d, and e, are extremely small with a mass that is 20% to 30% as massive as that of the Earth.

The new discoveries verify a study last year that suggested Barnard’s Star was orbited by at least one planet; the worlds were discovered using the radial velocity method, which can detect ...

These two techniques, the radial velocity and transit methods, respectively, have revealed 93 percent of all verified exoplanets. This artist’s view shows 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet ...