All you need to know about earth-like Proxima b

Space just got a new frontier or our solar system just got a new neighbour. Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory identified an Earth-like planet orbiting our nearest stellar neighbour,......

Proxima b: Earthlike planet discovered orbiting star nearest to the Sun

Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest our Sun, opening up the glittering prospect of a habitable world that may one day be explored by......

Earth-like planet found in Alpha Centauri system

Astronomers have discovered a new intriguing exoplanet about the mass of the earth, orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri star system -- the nearest to our planet. It is also the lightest exoplanet......

Newly-found super-earth, a waterworld?

A 'super-earth' discovered recently some 40 light years away could be covered with either water vapour or a thick haze, scientists have said. The planet, which is 2.6 times bigger than earth, has......