Many rocky worlds orbiting other stars share characteristics with our sister planet, particularly those near their star’s inner habitable zone. If Venus’s history is typical of such planets ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

Venus and Earth are both in the habitable zone, though some say Venus only gets in on a technicality. Somehow, their climates diverged dramatically, with Earth remaining habitable and Venus ...

The findings could assist astronomers in selecting extrasolar planets or "exoplanets" most likely to be habitable. "Even though it’s the closest planet to us, Venus is important for exoplanet ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life.

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Scientists have hailed what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system on a planet about 124 ...

What can Venus-like exoplanets, also known as exoVenuses, teach us about our own solar system and potentially finding life beyond Earth, and how can the planned Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO ...

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Neptunes, which are exoplanets whose size is between Earth and Neptune, teach astronomers about exoplanet formation and ...