14 June 2016
Astronomers discover a giant planet orbiting two suns
... in size to our Sun. However, despite orbiting within its stars "habitable zone”, the planet is believed to be a gas giant and therefore unable to support life. "Habitability aside, Kepler-1647 b is important because it is the tip of the iceberg...
23 June 2017
Will our next nearest exoplanet be found soon?
...It was met with great success as within the habitable zone of our nearest red dwarf companion star, Proxima Centauri...glance at what could turn out to be, the next closet habitable exoplanet to us. If additional planets are indeed discovered around ...
27 October 2017
Astronomers find system with six planets
... set a new record for the greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system...the authors HD 3445 system is unlikely to harbour any Earth-like habitable planets in the system. However, the team do state that “...
27 July 2019
Hundreds of new planet candidates detected by Kepler
...less than a day, one is potentially rocky and in the habitable zone and 87 are in multi-planet systems – one of which ... was designed to, it was proposed that Kepler search for habitable worlds around smaller, dimmer red dwarfs in a different direction...
16 December 2019
Cheops, ESA's exoplanet watching telescope launches tomorrow
...water and methane and other important elements in the quest for habitable words. “We want to look at atmospheres, following planets ...aimed at studying terrestrial planets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars, and Ariel. Scheduled for ...
24 November 2021
Astronomers discover more than 350 possible new exoplanets
... hunting Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone of Sun-like stars, to searching around smaller, dimmer ... – is still being examined for signs of potential habitable exoplanets. However, because of the problems Kepler experienced,...
