Astronomers have found nearly 6,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars. But for every confirmed detection, there are countless mere hints, inconclusive observations that could just as well be blips of ...

A giant planet may be orbiting the nearest Sun-like star to Earth, and the discovery is sparking excitement across the astronomy world. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have detected ...

Alpha Centauri has gripped the imaginations of sci-fi aficionados for decades. Only four light-years from Earth, the three-star system inspires fictional alien worlds and journeys through interstellar ...

Within a few dozen light years of the Sun, the sky is crowded with stars that could, in principle, host living worlds. I want ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth. It's located just four light ...

Project Blue will only be able to look at one star system -- but this time that's a good thing. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit (opens in a ...

Researchers may have discovered a gas giant orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A, and it appears to be in the star's habitable zone. Reading time 3 minutes Exoplanet hunters have had an eye on Alpha ...

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of more than two dozen researchers ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers have detected four small exoplanets orbiting closely around Barnard's Star. This ...

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star – one of our closest stellar neighbors — though they concluded that all of them are too hot to harbor ...

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