The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a ‘50% chance of residing in the habitable zone’ of its sun-like star, scientists say ...

A unique characteristic of the candidate planet HD 137010b is its ice-cold temperature.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, explain our readers ...

— -- Goldilocks, like most fairy tales, offers children a lesson and a happy ending. Whether a Goldilocks planet offers astronomers something similar still hangs up in the air, with the story's ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

Discover the fascinating journey of a planet that orbits a black hole. This video delves into the dynamics of celestial ...

A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation ...

This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a ...