Medicine & TechnologyThe UK-led Space Telescope Ariel has been given the green light to go "full speed ahead" on a world-first mission to study more than 1,000 planets beyond our solar system.
The Earth-size planet has winds four times the speed of sound with temperatures of about 3,000 degrees Centigrade on one side - hot enough to vaporize rock.
For years, experts have searched for signs of life in space, namely traces of water. A recent paper described 24 exoplanets that may be superhabitable and provide living conditions similar or better than on Earth.
Planets outside the Solar System, or exoplanets, have been continuously discovered since 1995. Now, scientists report that the first planet from another galaxy was just discovered using X-ray images from 2012.
Astronomers claim that at least 45 exoplanets are similar to Earth—from the composition of their atmosphere to the presence of liquid water that can possibly support life.
One of the goals of exoplanetary science is detecting other habitable planets similar to our own Earth. A new study provides insight into the rate of these "new Earths" occurring around other stars - with some of them supporting up to seven of these planets.
From galactic alcohol deposits to icons ripped straight off literature books, here are some of the most interesting things ever found across the universe.
A pair of exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf near the Sun may be habitable, scientists say. They are yet to confirm if a third planet exists and show signs of life.
The first exoplanet discovered in 2004 may not be a planet at all but just a giant dust cloud created by a collision of two icy asteroids, according to scientists.