A team of astronomers that includes the University of Hawaii’ at Manoa’s Nader Haghighipour has announced the discovery of a planet that could have liquid water on its surface. The planet, which is ...

In April, a European team of astronomers announced in Astronomy & Astrophysics the discovery of two possibly habitable Earth-like planets. A&A is now publishing two independent, detailed studies of ...

European astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a red dwarf star called Gliese 581. They state that the planet-called Gliese 581 c-could contain water, and if it does, it would be in a liquid ...

A European team of astronomers has discovered what may be the most Earth-like planet outside of our solar system, potentially capable of having liquid water and extraterrestrial life. The planet, ...

Last month, astronomers announced the discovery of the first potentially habitable extrasolar planet. But this week at an International Astronomical Union meeting, doubts were raised about the ...

The planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581, one of the closest stars to the Sun in the galaxy, has been the subject of several studies aiming to detect the first potentially habitable ...

More than 10 years after the discovery of the first extrasolar planet, astronomers have now discovered more than 250 of these planets. Until a few years ago, most of the newly discovered exoplanets ...