Scientists have discovered a new planet that could support human life. A study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society this week revealed that a planet outside the solar ...

UK scientists have discovered a new planet that could potentially support human life and it isn't that far away… relatively speaking. The temperature on Gliese 12b is around 42C which means it ...

Ross 128 b is a newly discovered exoplanet, the second-closest found to our solar system, only 11 light-years away. And it could support life.

Scientists have discovered a new planet that may be able to support human life, according to a new study. The study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on Thursday ...

A planet has been discovered with a mass six times greater than that of the Earth, the University of Oxford announced on Tuesday, January 28. Not only that, but it has been found to be in orbit of ...

Scientists have identified a region on Mars that could support living organisms, potentially bringing us a step closer to discovering life there. The findings could settle an “intense debate ...

It turns out that stars like our sun may not have to be alive and thriving to sustain life. Scientists say they have discovered a possible "major planet" orbiting a dying sun that could ...

A newly discovered planet orbiting a nearby star could be the closest world to Earth that offers a comfortable home for life.The Earth-sized planet, named Ross 128b, is just 11 light years away ...

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An international team of scientists says it has discovered two new "super-Earth" type planets about 100 light-years away, one of which may be suitable for life. Unlike any of the planets in our ...

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You may want to get used to the name Ross 128 b. The newly discovered exoplanet is the second closest to our solar system that has been found, only 11 light-years away. And it could harbor life.