Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.
(THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star’s habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study 25 hot Jupiters. It has helped to answer "questions important to our ...
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Astronomers Just Found the Planet They’ve Been Chasing for 20 Years (It Ticks Every Single Box)
An international team of astronomers has identified a rare, potentially habitable super-Earth just 19.5 light-years from Earth. Named GJ 251 c, the planet orbits within the habitable zone of its ...
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