For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.

Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may have conditions suitable for life. The exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – was spotted by Oxford ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

"This shows that the planet has complex weather patterns just like Earth and other planets of our own System ... and the radius of planets outside the Solar System. Today, telescopes like ...

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly ...

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Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

"This shows that the planet has complex weather patterns just like Earth and other planets of our own system ... and the radius of planets outside the solar system. Today, telescopes like ...