When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

“This is the first planet candidate with Earth-like radius and orbital properties transiting a Sun-like star bright enough ...

The planet is estimated to be about six per cent larger than Earth and follows a roughly 355-day orbit, according to the ...

NASA’s Kepler data reveals HD 137010 b, a cold, Earth-sized candidate. Though freezing cold, it offers valuable insights into planetary formation and life’s potential elsewhere.

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...

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