Astronomers from the University of Warwick, England, have discovered that an exoplanet often hailed as "Earth’s twin" is being continually bombarded by gamma rays and scorching plasma from its host ...

Cambridge, USA: One of eight new planets discovered a super-powerful NASA telescope is the most Earth-like yet discovered. It is one of two of the eight which have significant similarities to our own ...

How many stars like our Sun host planets like Earth? NASA’s Kepler space telescope continuously monitored more than 150,000 stars beyond our solar system, and to date the mission has offered ...

The Kepler Space Telescope has found over 1,000 confirmed exoplanets. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Kepler is a planet-hunting powerhouse. Even more impressive? Kepler is already finding ...