Kepler Mission
Neptune-Sized Exomoon Found Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet?
A new study by an astrophysicists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research shows that the first exomoon…
Not an Alien Megastructure, a Cloud of Dust on a 700-Day Orbit
A new study by an international team of researchers has proposed a new theory about Tabby's Star, indicating that it…
NASA Announces 10, That’s Right 10! New Planets in Their Star’s Habitable Zone
The latest catalog to be released by the Kepler mission features and additional 10 potentially-habitable planets, and has led to…
Venus 2.0 Discovered In Our Own Back Yard
A team of international astronomers recently found the closest thing to a "Venus-like" planet in a nearby star system, which…
Tabby’s Star Megastructure Mystery Continues To Intrigue
Almost a year later after it was first noticed, the mystery of Tabby's Star and its unusual dimming continues to…
Focusing On ‘Second-Earth’ Candidates In The Kepler Catalog
An international team of scientists recently released a study that shows which of the Kepler exoplanets candidates are most like…
New System Discovered with Five Planets
NASA's planet-discovering Kepler mission suffered a major mechanical failure in May 2013, but thanks to innovative techniques subsequently implemented by…
Student Discovers Four New Planets
A student at the University of British Columbia has discovered four new exoplanets in Kepler data.
Life On Kepler-62f?
A new study shows that there are multiple scenarios where exoplanet Kepler 62f could support life.
2007 OR10 Needs A Name. We Suggest Dwarfplanet McDwarfplanetyface
Astronomers using the Kepler spacecraft and data from the Herschel Space Observatory have given us a revealing glimpse of dwarf…