Some of the most fascinating planets include Luyten B, which orbits a red dwarf star, and Proxima Centauri b, which is just 4.24 light-years away and might be the closest candidate for life beyond ...

A billion or so years into its evolution, the icy dwarf planet Ceres may have had the right conditions to sustain life, which ...

Specific projections for confirmed dwarf planets are uncertain because confirmation requires detailed characterization (e.g., size, shape, and equilibrium state), but estimates for candidates are ...

Seven of the 10 newfound Earth-size planets circle stars that are just like ours, not cool dwarf ones that require a planet be quite close to its star for the right temperature. That doesn't mean ...