Its name is Gliese 436 b. As interesting as planets made of boiling ice or diamond are, nothing trumps dreams of paradisiacal alien Edens. As I said, Wilhelm Gliese isn’t an especially well ...

NASA scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery of a new planet that could potentially support human life. Located 40 light years away, the exoplanet, named Gliese 12 b, is slightly smaller ...

“Gliese 12 b represents one of the best targets to study whether Earth-size planets orbiting cool stars can retain their atmospheres, a crucial step to advance our understanding of habitability ...