Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the ...

When it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, research focuses on the so-called habitable zone of stars. This may ...

‘This sort of radio signal would never be present unless material had left the region of strong magnetic fields surrounding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life.

More planets could be homes for aliens than we thought, scientists say - Planets we thought were not inhabitable might ...

In a statement Thursday, astrophysicist Amri Wandel of Hebrew University in Jerusalem said his research challenges the traditional concept of the "habitable zone," the narrow orbital range around a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...