A rocky world orbiting within its star’s habitable zone may be surrounded by a helium-rich atmosphere, providing the ...

The search for alien life has been boosted after an atmosphere was detected surrounding an Earth-like planet for the first ...

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, raising the chances that it has the conditions to support life.

Astronomers have revised the mass of nearby exoplanet GJ 3378 b, recasting it as a rocky super‑Earth in the habitable zone ...

A planet with one side permanently roasting and the other frozen in endless darkness might still have a chance of supporting life. Researchers found that heat inside a tidally locked exoplanet could ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

Astronomers have sharply revised down the mass of nearby super Earth GJ 3378b, dramatically improving its prospects as a ...

Nasa has drawn fresh attention to a nearby exoplanet, dubbed the super-Earth GJ 3378b, after astronomers confirmed it sits in ...