This diagram compares our own solar system to Kepler-22, a star system containing the first “habitable zone” planet discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission. The habitable zone is the sweet spot around a ...

— -- Astronomers on Monday reported the discovery of an Earth-like planet outside the solar system whose size and distance from its own star put it in the "habitable" zone and make for a surface ...

It's several times larger than Earth and 600 light years away, but a newly discovered planet, Kepler-22b, is also said to be 72 degrees--and NASA's Kepler mission has named it as a planet that's just ...

If there's life out there, scientists are getting closer to finding where it might reside. On Monday, astronomers announced the discovery of the first planet in the habitable zone of a sunlike star.

NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the “habitable zone,” the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet ...

The same team that recently discovered the possibly water-covered, life-supporting planet, Kepler 22b, two weeks ago announced the discovery of two more Earth-sized planets on Monday. Ars Technica's ...

Researchers have set up an online "periodic table" for extrasolar planets ranging from Hot Mercurians to Cold Jovians, with Earthlike worlds right in the middle. The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog, ...

HBO Max’s Raised By Wolves was the surprised sci-fi hit of September. The breathtaking show spirited us away to the bizarre world of Kepler-22b, where two androids named Mother (Amanda Collin) and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A selection of exoplanets that orbit in the habitable zone around their stars — where water can ...

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard‘s sprawling new double album Omnium Gatherum is out this Friday. Where previous albums find the Australian group focusing on a style (thrash metal, boogie, pop) or ...