Astronomers on Tuesday announced the discovery of eight new potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system, including two that are the most similar to Earth of any discovered so far. First ...

On January 6, astronomers announced NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft had discovered eight new planets. Two of those, you can now visit in Elite: Dangerous. The two exoplanets planets, ...

SEATTLE — Astronomers announced today the discovery of eight new planets in their stars' habitable zones, the region where liquid water can exist on a planetary surface. Three of these planets are ...

Among eight new Kepler planets found are the two most Earth-like to date, with possible conditions for the propagation of life. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

The most Earth-like planet could have been made uninhabitable by vast quantities of radiation.The atmosphere of the planet, Kepler-438b, is thought to have been stripped away as a result of radiation ...

The amazing Kepler Space Telescope has now catalogued over 1,000 exoplanets. Among them are eight new planets located within habitable zones, including two that astronomers say are the most Earth-like ...

Astronomers have discovered eight new planets that could potentially host life, including one that is "the most Earth-like" they have found yet. The "incredible" findings were announced at a meeting ...

Prospective spacefarers can scratch Kepler-438b off their list of alien world destinations as the exoplanet has been proven to be too inhospitable to support life. In a study featured in the journal ...

If you’re planning on packing up and changing addresses to Kepler-442b or Kepler-438b anytime soon, you can probably put away the moving boxes for now. While the newly discovered exoplanets and their ...

About 470 light years away, a rocky planet about 1.12 times the size of Earth spins around a star in what’s called a habitable zone — where favorable temperatures mean liquid water could possibly ...

Welcome to the family! Scientists using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft have confirmed at least eight new roughly Earth-sized planets sitting in the habitable zones of their host stars – two of which rival ...

Some 500 light-years away, a little planet basks comfortably in the heat of its sun. It's probably rocky – as the Earth is – and it's probably just the right temperature to boast liquid water. In ...