exoplanets

Scientists Find the Hottest Planet in the Universe (So Far)

Dwarf Planetary Systems Will Transform the Hunt for Alien Life

Astronomers Find Extrasolar System With Six Earth-Like Planets, Maybe Seven

To Boldly Go Toward New Frontiers, We First Need to Learn From Our Colonial Past

This artist’s impression shows the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image between the planet and Proxima itself. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface. Caption and credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

Scientists Believe a Potentially Habitable World Orbits Sun’s Closest Star

A solar flare observed on August 31, 2012. Credit: NASA

Solar Storms Could Solve Longstanding Paradox of How Life on Earth Arose

Record 1,284 Planets Added to List of Worlds Beyond Solar System