Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

Newly identified planet GJ 251 c orbits a nearby m-dwarf, offering promising target for future life-detection missions - ...

A newly identified super-Earth orbiting a nearby star has rapidly climbed to the top of astronomers’ wish lists for worlds ...

A new study by Caltech’s Konstantin Batygin and his colleague theorizes how super-Earths are formed. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

Last year, the most violent geomagnetic storm to strike Earth in over two decades did more than disrupt GPS systems and ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

According to Paul Robertson, associate professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine, discovering new exoplanets is common ...

A geomagnetic superstorm is an extreme space weather event that occurs when the sun releases massive amounts of energy and charged particles toward Earth. These storms are rare, occurring about once ...

A new study of the red dwarf system TOI-3884 has uncovered rare, persistent spot-crossing signals that reveal unusually detailed information about the star’s magnetic activity and the planet’s orbital ...

Snapshots from six computer simulations illustrating the distinct tectonic regimes of terrestrial planets, including the newly discovered ...