NASA's planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope, has just discovered Kepler-452b, a planet that scientists are calling "Earth 2.0." Scientists said in a press conference Thursday that they ...

NASA announced on Thursday that scientists have discovered a planet similar in size to Earth that orbits in a zone conducive to supporting life. It’s not clear whether the planet discovered is rocky ...

NASA has discovered a new super-Earth that has a year only lasting a few hours. The exoplanet K2-141b, was found very close to its orange sun-like star, and has an orbital period of less than one ...

The curious minds at What If investigate whether Kepler-69c could be the key to life beyond Earth, exploring habitability and alien possibilities.

Learn about HD 137010 b, a cold Earth‑sized planet candidate that sits near the outer edge of its star’s habitable zone.

Spotting new exoplanets with NASA's Kepler space telescope is nothing new. Google even managed to automate the process with machine learning. Just add them to the pile with the 3,700 other exoplanets, ...

Astronomers have determined that the planet Kepler-10c, discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope back in 2011 and thought to be a gas giant, is actually solid, making it an unprecedented ...

The planet, shown here in an artist's conception, circles its host star in 290 days Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a nearly Earth-sized planet in the "habitable zone" around a star not ...