On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When scientists find exoplanets around distant stars, a primary consideration is ...

Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). LHS ...

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Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system. The most likely reason (when combined with other observation) for seeing 1000 times more of ...

A new study expands the search for life beyond our solar system by indicating that 17 exoplanets (worlds outside our solar system) could have oceans of liquid water, an essential ingredient for life, ...

A University of Michigan astronomer used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover an exoplanet with a promising temperature, an indication of possible liquid water present. The discovery ...

Ocean World: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is providing scientists with a closer look at previously discovered exoplanets. Two teams of researchers have now used the NASA telescope to analyze ...

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What if humanity could no longer live on Earth? Perhaps a catastrophic event forced us to find a new home among the stars.

An artist's concept of 55 Cancri e and its sun. The star is much closer to its sun than any planet in our solar system, so it is too hot to support life. NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) ...

Sub-Neptune planets, often billed as possible "water worlds," may be more desert than deep sea, according to a new study. For years, scientists thought these planets, which are larger than Earth but ...