As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests comparing populations ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

The peer-reviewed report in the Astrophysical Journal Letters presents more questions than answers, acknowledges numerous ...

It was discovered in 2015 by NASA’s Kepler mission, which revealed that planets beyond our solar system are so common, they actually outnumber stars. Roughly between the size of Earth and ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

K2-18b, located 120 light-years away, has been on scientists’ radar since NASA’s Kepler space telescope spotted it in 2015. It’s about 8.6 times the mass of Earth and orbits within the ...

Part of the constellation Leo, the planet was first discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in 2015, and it is said to be 2.6 times larger than Earth. On this beautifully named planet, astronomers ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.

While the planet itself was discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope a good 10 years ago, it took until 2019 for water vapour to be found in its atmosphere. This marked K2-18b as the first ...

K2-18b was first discovered by Nasa’s Kepler Space Telescope in 2015. The planet orbits its parent star, a small, relatively cool one known as a red dwarf, in just 33 days. The planet’s ...