Data from the telescope indicated that the incredibly hot and small world was surrounded by a thick layer of gas, likely ...

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a planet that heats up to red-hot temperatures in a matter of hours before quickly cooling back down. The “hot-headed” planet is HD ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two research groups announced this week ...

DEATH VALLEY (CBSLA) — The hottest place on the planet may have been right here in California on Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, Death Valley's Furnace Creek reached a preliminary ...

The coldest recorded temperature on Earth is minus 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but many other planets are regularly colder than this. Temperatures on Mars, for example, range from 70 degrees all the way ...

Researchers have discovered an Earth-sized planet that lies in the habitable zone of a star located around 300 light-years from Earth. The international team of scientists estimate that the planet, ...

in the search for alien life. It's very exciting to find a planet like Earth. Among the many exoplanets we found, only a handful have been strong candidates for supporting life the way Earth tons.

in the search for alien life. It's very exciting to find a planet like Earth. Among the many exoplanets we found, only a handful have been strong candidates for supporting life the way Earth tons.