First Exoplanet discovered with Water
First super-Earth exoplanet discovered with water vapor, orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, which may hold alien life.
How many Earth-like planets are nearby?
New study provides most accurate estimate of frequency that exoplanets similar to Earth occur around stars similar to our sun.
Here’s what Earth might look like to Aliens as an Exoplanet
Scientists took images of habitable planet Earth and transformed them into what alien astronomers light-years away would see.
A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provide a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky exoplanet orbiting a star beyond the Sun.
TESS telescope has found a nearby super-Earth
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) telescope discovered a relatively close super-Earth exoplanet, at 31 light-years from us.
An Incredible Map of the 4000 Exoplanets
NASA just released a map of all the 4000 known exoplanets, in a stunning video.
18 Earth-sized exoplanets discovered
Astronomers using a new method to find small planets orbiting nearby stars, which previous surveys had overlooked, discovered 18 Earth-sized exoplanets.
Our Nearest Exoplanet could Host Life
Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, has a planet in the habitable zone, with potential life-supporting conditions.
The first ever direct Observation of an Exoplanet
Cutting-edge VLTI GRAVITY instrument using optical interferometry, breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging, by revealing details of a storm-wracked exoplanet.
The best places to look for closest Earth-like Planets
NASA’s new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will observe 400,000 stars across the whole sky to catch a glimpse of a planet transiting across the face of its