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Illustrative: An artist’s impression of an exoplanet orbiting its star (M. KORNMESSER/ESA/Hubble/AFP)
July 18, 2026, 6:21 pm
Life-friendly world? In first, atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone
The rocky planet LHS 1140b, located 48 light-years away, may have liquid water on its surface; it opens a new window into the search for habitable worlds outside our Solar System
By ToI Staff
An artist's illustration of K2-18 b, an exoplanet which may be covered in water oceans and possess a hydrogen atmosphere. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI))
September 12, 2023, 10:36 pm
NASA says hint of oceans, potential life discovered on distant world
Molecule only produced on Earth by life may be present on exoplanet 120 light years away, along with molecules suggesting presence of water
By Michael Horovitz
Four views of the planet named HIP 65426 b, captured by the James Webb telescope and released on September 1, 2022. (NASA/ESA/CSA, A Carter (UCSC), the ERS 1386 team, and A. Pagan (STScI)
September 4, 2022, 10:58 pm
James Webb telescope captures first image of a planet outside our solar system
Pioneering pictures of the exoplanet, called HIP 65426 b, show it to be an uninhabitable gas giant with no rocky surface
By AFP
In this Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005 file photo Swiss Astronomers Michel Mayor, right, and Didier Queloz, left, pose for the photographer at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Geneva. The 2019 Nobel prize in Physics was given to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology," and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star," said Prof. Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that chooses the laureates. (Laurent Gillieron, Keystone via AP)
October 8, 2019, 7:12 pm
Three win Nobel Prize in Physics for work to understand cosmos
Canadian-born James Peebles and Swiss star-gazers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz honored for efforts help discover if life exists beyond the Earth
By david keyton
This illustration shows one interpretation of what new planet GJ 357 d may be like. (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith)
August 3, 2019, 4:56 pm
NASA discovers possibly habitable super-Earth 31 light-years away
US space administration’s exoplanet-hunting telescope finds new solar system, including 3 planets orbiting a star about a third of sun’s mass and 40% cooler
By ToI Staff and AFP
This illustration made available by NASA shows a comparison of the planets in the solar system and those orbiting the star Kepler-90. (Wendy Stenzel/NASA, Ames Research Center via AP)
December 15, 2017, 5:04 am
Tying record, machine finds eighth planet in distant solar system
Google computer discovers exoplanet Kepler-90i, matching our own corner of space in number of orbs orbiting around a single star
By Marcia Dunn
An artist's illustration of what TRAPPIST-1's seven planets might look like. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
February 22, 2017, 8:48 pm
7 Earth-like planets found orbiting star, boosting search for alien life
Scientists announce exoplanets within temperate zone of dwarf star 39 light-years away, providing nearest hope for finding extra-terrestrial life
By Marlowe HOOD
Winston Churchill in Downing Street giving his famous 'V' sign, 1943. (photo credit: Imperial War Museums/public domain)
February 16, 2017, 7:41 pm
Churchill held we are not alone in the universe
In unpublished book, war-time British PM posited alien life on exoplanets in the Goldilocks’ zone
By Mariëtte Le Roux
Iraqi transport minister Kazem Finjan. (Screenshot)
October 6, 2016, 12:51 am
First airport built in Iraq 5,000 years ago, for aliens: minister
Iraq‘s transport minister quotes Jewish ‘expert‘ to justify claims about ancient spaceships
By Sue Surkes
This artist rendering provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. Photo: European Southern Observatory via AP
August 25, 2016, 1:45 am
Planet found orbiting nearby star offers hope of life
Potentially habitable planet ‘next door’ may be reachable by unmanned space probes by the end of the century
By Seth Borenstein
This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an artist's impression of the triple star system HD 131399 from close to the gas giant planet orbiting in the system. (L. Calçada/ESO via AP)
July 8, 2016, 2:59 am
Triple sunrises, sunsets at this strange new world
Massive gas giant takes 550 years to orbit its largest star, spends over a century each ‘year’ in permanent daylight
By Marcia Dunn
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