On a special episode (first released on Wednesday, June 26th) of The Excerpt podcast: The age-old question has been debated for centuries. Might we soon get an answer? The planet that is the current ...

NASA announced the discovery of a planet 40 light years from Earth that orbits every 12.8 days and is possibly even habitable. “We’ve found the nearest, transiting, temperate, Earth-size world located ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Artist’s conception of the newly discovered planet Gliese 12 ...

Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star located just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how planets close to their stars retain or lose their atmospheres. In this ...

A potentially habitable exoplanet that is roughly similar in size to Earth has been found in a system located 40 light-years away, according to a new study. The planet is about the size of Venus, so ...

Scientists have discovered a new planet that may be able to support human life, according to a new study. The study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on Thursday, named ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of astronomers have found a potentially habitable exoplanet ...

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Astronomers have made the rare and tantalising discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a little warmer than our own world. The potentially-habitable planet, named ...

We sometimes throw around terms like "Earth-like" and "potentially habitable" when talking about exoplanets, but a newly discovered world just 40 light-years away earns the distinction. Two ...

Forty light-years from us, there is a world that looks a lot like Venus. Only, unlike the most sweltering, hellish planet in ...