Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

But according to an international team of researchers, including some from the University of Geneva, in a study published ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

This is the background to the discovery of super-Earth HD 20794 d by an international team including the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the NCCR PlanetS. '"Are we alone in the universe?"' ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...