Detecting planets outside of our Solar System mostly relies on measuring minute changes in the light of distant stars. If this were akin to finding a needle in a haystack, astronomers would delight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's conception of the view from the surface of the habitable-zone super-Earth exoplanet GJ 3378b. The planet has a minimum ...

A nearby planet may be more Earth-like than previously thought, with new data suggesting that it may be a strong candidate for habitability. In a study published June 30 in The Astrophysics Journal, ...