It’s smaller than the gaseous outer planets, such as Neptune, and orbits a cool red dwarf within the star’s habitable zone, where temperatures allow liquid water to exist. This has led ...

It orbits within the habitable zone of its host star, a cool red dwarf, where temperatures may allow liquid water to exist. Visual representation of exoplanet K2-18b. Visual representation of ...

Astronomers have detected potential signs of life on planet K2-18b, located 700 trillion miles away, using the James Webb Space Telescope. The team discovered chemical traces of dimethyl sulphide ...

Discovered in 2015, this exoplanet lies about 124 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, and it orbits a cool red dwarf star far smaller and dimmer than our Sun. But this isn’t your average ...

It orbits within the habitable zone of its star, a cool red dwarf smaller than the Sun. In 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope appeared to detect water vapour in its atmosphere, leading scientists to ...

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After a soggy start to the day, we’ll see big afternoon improvements. Clouds will linger for a good part of the morning in Boston as clearing skies inch from west to east. The afternoon will turn ...