One of the greatest scientific discoveries in history may be hidden beneath nearly 13,000 feet of Antarctic ice. Deep below ...

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 ...

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NASA’s Viking 1 lander set down in the Chryse Planitia region of Mars. Its identical twin, Viking 2, followed on Sept. 3 of ...

Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth located just 25 light-years away.

GJ 3378b could be just large enough and just close enough to its star to host life (Picture: Nasa) Aliens could call a planet about a 282 million-year drive away home, scientists say. GJ 3378b is an ...

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

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, ...

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An enormous world orbiting a sun-like star just 57 light-years away in space may have a pink hue and a sky filled with clouds of salt. "Distant object" is about as precise of a label as it gets for ...