For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your ...

A new study from David Kipping attempts to explain why we are located around a yellow star, and so early in the universe.

Five exoplanets orbit the red dwarf star L 98-59, about 35 light-years away. In the foreground is a newly discovered super Earth, known as L 98-59 f. Credit: Benoit Gougeon / Université de Montréal ...

Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new study found nothing to write home about. By Jacey Fortin In the search for ...