Located 2,383 light-years from Earth, in the Cygnus constellation, is a potential super-Earth. At least that’s what it’s often referred to as. Kepler 69c is an exoplanet about 1.7 times larger than ...

A picture of Earth and artist's interpretations of several exoplanets that could be like our own. From left: artist's impressions of Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-452b, Kepler-62f and Kepler-186f. A ...

NASA's Kepler mission, which seeks out planets outside of our solar system, has just discovered five new planets around two stars - and three of them have the potential to be habitable. The two stars ...

The display may be a clue to understanding other planetary systems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Watch the sun set from a ...

Scientists are reporting a bounty of new worlds that may be capable of sustaining life, with the discovery of three exoplanets slightly larger than Earth orbiting within their stars’ habitable zone.

NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered three exoplanets that may be capable of supporting life, and one of them is perhaps the most Earth-like alien world spotted to date, scientists announced ...

NASA has announced that the Kepler space probe has discovered two planetary systems that include the smallest planets yet found that lie in the "habitable zone." The systems include three super-Earth ...

The artist's concept depicts Kepler-62f, a super-Earth planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra.

The Kepler mission–which was launched in 2009–has discovered a system of planets, three of which may be life-sustaining. Researchers involved in the mission now believe there are many more habitable ...

A total of 715 new planets were recently found in our region of the Milky Way, almost doubling the number of exoplanets we know of. NASA announced the find, made using the Kepler space telescope and a ...