Image: This artists impression shows sunrise over CoRoT-7b, the smallest-known exoplanet. The world is about 70 percent larger than Earth. Now, a team led by Brian Jackson at NASAs Goddard Space ...

University of Washington astronomers this week said that the first rocky planet discovered outside our solar system is on fire, almost literally. The scientists say if the planet, known as CoRoT-7b, ...

COROT has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System. The amazing planet is less than twice the size of Earth and orbits a Sun-like star. Its temperature is so high ...

ST. LOUIS -- The rain on the recently discovered planet of Corot-7b comes in the form of pebbles, not raindrops, researchers who studied its atmosphere have suggested. Researchers at Washington ...

-- Is there life beyond our planet? To answer this question, scientists say they first must find a planet that looks like it could sustain life. And for the first time, astronomers have found a rocky ...