Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet of a giant planet in the "habitable zone" orbiting a star in the nearest solar system to our own Sun. The discovery was made using NASA's James Webb ...

Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is ...

An international team of astronomers has identified a rare, potentially habitable super-Earth just 19.5 light-years from Earth. Named GJ 251 c, the planet orbits within the habitable zone of its ...

Researchers may have discovered a gas giant orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A, and it appears to be in the star's habitable zone. Reading time 3 minutes Exoplanet hunters have had an eye on Alpha ...