Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers do not have a photo of Kepler-22b, but they used the so-called 'transit method' to detect it from 640 light-years away ...

— -- Astronomers on Monday reported the discovery of an Earth-like planet outside the solar system whose size and distance from its own star put it in the "habitable" zone and make for a surface ...

The curious minds at What If investigate the things scientists still don’t know about Kepler-22b, from atmosphere to surface ...

It's several times larger than Earth and 600 light years away, but a newly discovered planet, Kepler-22b, is also said to be 72 degrees--and NASA's Kepler mission has named it as a planet that's just ...

Imagine the potential for life and unique environmental conditions if the exoplanet Kepler-22b were located within our solar system. China responds to US tariffs overturn Olympic medals: The final ...