Terrestrial Exoplanets
The Discovery Four rocky planets much smaller than Earth orbit Barnard’s Star, the next closest to ours after the three-star…
This catalog lists the stars that are the best candidates to explore for Earth-like exoplanets with NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory…
On Aug. 24, 2023, more than three decades after the first confirmation of planets beyond our own solar system, scientists…
Using observations by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered…
Our galaxy is a jewel box of red stars. More than 70% of the stars in the Milky Way are…
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and…
A world with two suns, a lava planet, and a world trapped in eternal darkness are just some of the…
The final story in our series considers the future of the search for life beyond Earth – and whether we…
Signs of life beyond Earth could take forms that are clearly artificial – radio or light signals, or even evidence…
