TESS finds its first Earth-like planet 53 light years away

In the same system as this exciting Earth-like exoplanet, a sub-Neptune-sized planet was discovered too

Space Exploration

Why are we looking for life as we know it, when it could take another form we’re not familiar with?

Life could arise in different ways as life adapts to suit its surroundings

Astronomers detect atmosphere around super-Earth

The exoplanet’s atmosphere could be rich in water and methane

Garnet planets could be the most habitable worlds in the universe

Astronomers and geoscientists have joined forces using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to find out what makes a rocky planet Earth-like

Venus may have once been habitable, NASA says

The hostile world may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures

Astronomers find warm alien Jupiters have unexpected companions

There’s strong evidence for the existence of two distinct types of exoplanet

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