The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.

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Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Researchers believe super-Earths orbiting long-lived orange dwarf stars may offer better conditions for life than Earth.

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-Earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something ...

Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP ...

How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway ...

Scientists are using powerful telescopes to study exoplanet atmospheres for signs of life. New missions could soon reveal ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.