A seven-planet system some 40 light-years from Earth could be swimming in water, new research shows. In February 2017 scientists announced the discovery of several exoplanets orbiting the red ...

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in contention as targets of missions for future human generations.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finds TRAPPIST-1 d lacks an Earth-like atmosphere, narrowing the search for habitable planets.

A study published in The Astrophysical Journal reveals that the third planet from the star TRAPPIST-1 does not have an ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a multi-planet system about 40.7 light-years away. Its seven rocky worlds, some of which lie in the habitable zone — the zone around a star where it isn't too hot nor too cold for ...

Ways to strip an exoplanet's atmosphere Trappist-1e is roughly Earth-sized, yet has around 0.7 times the mass of our planet. It is the fourth planet from its star, orbiting at just 0.028 times the ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a techno-civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien astronomers could also be scanning Earth.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Will Look for Signs of Life in New 7 Earth-sized Planets Around TRAPPIST-1 This mission raises the hope of detecting signs of life beyond our solar system.