Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.

Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...

The exoplanet HD 20794d swoops in and out of its habitable zone every few hundred days, making for an extreme climate.

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

According to NASA, the super-Earth exoplanet takes 90.3 days to orbit ... to hear what other scientists can tell us about this newly discovered planet, particularly since it is among the closest ...

But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time ... This is the background to the discovery of super-Earth HD 20794 d by an international team including the University ...