When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...
Worlds that circle stars other than our own are called “exoplanets.” This specific one could be the very first planet like Earth that we see passing in front ...
Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...
Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable new planet which is estimated to be 6 percent larger than Earth. Named HD 137010 b, the planet is located about 146 light-away from Earth ...
"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...
A unique characteristic of the candidate planet HD 137010b is its ice-cold temperature.
For anyone curious about what it's like to stand on another planet, Earth offers a few convincing previews. Mars may be 140 ...
Kepler Space Telescope, a mission which was designed to survey a portion of the Milky Way galaxy, retired in 2018, but its ...