Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them potentially suitable for life.

In a statement Thursday, astrophysicist Amri Wandel of Hebrew University in Jerusalem said his research challenges the traditional concept of the "habitable zone," the narrow orbital range around a ...

When it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, research focuses on the so-called habitable zone of stars. This may ...

Exoplanet science is shifting from finding any detectable exoplanets we can to searching for those in their stars' habitable zones. NASA's proposed Habitable World Observatory and other similar ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

Late in the story of Mars, long after its lakes and rivers had faded, something quiet still moved beneath its dusty surface. New research suggests that thin trickles of water continued to seep below ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...