What makes this exoplanet special is the possibility of it hosting a temperate water ocean, which is nearly half the size of the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists have been searching for habitability ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Exoplanet Proxima b, the closest one to Earth, may be home to a 124-mile deep ocean and marine life. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Science Exoplanet Proxima ...

Ever since astronomers announced the discovery of seven exoplanets around the star called ... the chance at sustaining an ocean on its surface. The research was published in The Astrophysical ...

And while the new data suggests an ocean of water might sit below the exoplanet's atmosphere, it is still possible that the ocean may be too hot either to be liquid or for life to survive.

In terms of exoplanets, the researchers said exploration ... "On Earth, if you have basaltic rocks erupting from mid-ocean ridges deep on the ocean floor, versus those erupting on ocean islands ...

Exoplanet Proxima b, the closest one to Earth, may be home to a 124-mile deep ocean and marine life.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Scientists have discovered two “super-Earth” exoplanets, one of which is in its star’s habitable zone. That means liquid ...

Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...