Kepler mission
22% of Sun-like Stars have Earth-sized Planets in the Habitable Zone
How common are planets like Earth? That’s been a question astronomers and dreamers have pondered for decades, and now, thanks…
Rocky Earth-sized World is a ‘Sungrazing’ Exoplanet
A newly verified planet found in data from the Kepler mission delivers on the space telescope’s task of finding Earth-size…
Kepler Team Has Some Success in Reaction Wheel Recovery Attempt
In May of this year, the Kepler planet-hunting telescope lost its ability to precisely point toward stars, putting its exoplanet…
More Insight on How NASA Might Revive the Kepler Space Telescope
The future of NASA’s Kepler space telescope mission is in doubt, NASA announced yesterday, as it suffered a failure of…
Kepler Planet-Hunting Mission in Jeopardy
NASA's Kepler telescope has lost its ability to precisely point toward stars, putting its exoplanet search in jeopardy. One of…
Could There be 100 Billion Potentially Habitable Planets in the Galaxy?
As we’ve reported recently, the likelihood of findings habitable Earth-sized worlds just seems to keep getting better and better. But…
Smallest Exoplanet Yet Discovered by ‘Listening’ to a Sun-like Star
Scientists have discovered a new planet orbiting a Sun-like star, and the exoplanet is the smallest yet found in data…
Less Than 1% of Exoplanet Systems Have Intelligent Life, Researchers Say
Recent findings say that Earth-like exoplanets could be all around us in our cosmic neighborhood. But how many would be…
Nearly All Sun-Like Stars Have Planetary Systems
The latest analysis of data from the Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft reveals that almost all stars have planets, and about 17…
Extreme Solar Systems: Why Aren’t We Finding Other Planetary Systems Like Our Own?
Artist concept of a previous multi-planet solar system found by the Kepler spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Tim Pyle Most planetary systems found…