Kepler Mission

First Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found by Kepler

[/caption] December 2011 will go down in history as the first time humanity was able to detect an Earth-sized planet…

13 years ago

Kepler Confirms First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star

[/caption] Scientists from the Kepler mission announced this morning the first confirmed exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of a Sun-like…

13 years ago

New Planet Kepler-21b Confirmed From Both Space And Ground

[/caption] Are you ready to add another planet to the growing list of discoveries? Thanks to work done by Steve…

13 years ago

Kepler Space Telescope Mission Extension Proposal

[/caption] Some potentially good news for exoplanet fans, and Kepler fans in particular - Kepler scientists are asking for a…

13 years ago

NASA’s Kepler Dishes Up A Triple Planet Treat

[/caption] What has a super-Earth and two Neptune-like planets? This tempting dessert belongs to the latest Kepler discovery found orbiting…

13 years ago

How Common are Terrestrial, Habitable Planets Around Sun-Like Stars?

[/caption] Once again news from the Kepler mission is making the rounds, this time with a research paper outlining a…

13 years ago

Kepler Mission Discovers “Tatooine-like” Planet

[/caption] In a news conference today, Kepler mission scientists announced the first confirmed circumbinary planet ( a planet that orbits…

13 years ago

‘Invisible’ World Discovered Around a Distant Star

[/caption] There’s a planet out there playing a game of ‘doorbell ditch’ with astronomers. Scientists can’t see this distant world,…

13 years ago

Shedding Some Light on a Dark Discovery

[/caption] Earlier this month astronomers released news of the darkest exoplanet ever seen: discovered in 2006, the gas giant TrES-2b…

13 years ago