PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where the ...

Yesterday, we covered the new exoplanet profiles, which were discovered by the Kepler Space Observatory, but we wanted to delve a little bit deeper on the candidates in the Kepler-62 system, the two ...

(CNN) — In the midst of chaos here on Earth, scientists are finding hope for life on other planets. Scientists announced Thursday the discovery of three planets that are some of the best candidates so ...

NASA's Kepler space telescope has made a new round of discoveries: two planetary systems, both of which are home to a total of three planets within the habitable zone. As such, it is possible that ...

“This is an artist impression of the newly discovered planets named Kepler-62e and 62-f. Both are super-Earths that are located in the habitable zone of a distant sun-like star. The largest planet in ...

A new study sheds light on how exoplanets in tightly-packed solar systems interact with each other gravitationally by affecting one another's climates and their abilities to support alien life.

Artist's conception of Kepler-62f, which may, according to theory, have a solid surface and liquid water. NASA Ames / JPL-Caltech The Kepler team’s announcement of the smallest, most Earthlike planets ...

Astronomers have been trying to find habitable planets similar to planet Earth. Due to the climate change issue, some scientists are eager to discover an alternative planet to relocate some of the ...

The potential cancellation of the NASA Kepler satellite mission would mark the end of an unparalleled source of information about planets and planetary systems outside of Earth's solar system, known ...

Crippled in space, the Kepler spacecraft’s planet-hunting days are likely over. But its discoveries may be yet to come. Scientists have only begun to dig through its vast trove of data, where proof of ...