If you’re going to set a sci-fi movie on an alien planet, it’s a nice bonus if that planet actually exists. Or, at least, is ...

Earth-like planets – are in the universe. The Kepler telescope launched on the early morning of March 7, 2009 aboard a Delta II medium-lift launch vehicle, the same vehicle that launched many ...

IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 weird and wonderful worlds across 4,300 planetary systems have been ...

Planets change orbit shape around Neptune’s size. Metal-rich stars help giant planets form. Eccentric orbits suggest chaotic ...

While Kepler-442b’s rating is promising, there’s still much to learn about the planet. Crucially, the composition of its ...

She continued, "The planet orbiting Kepler-62 has so much cloud cover that it cools off too much, sacrificing precious habitable surface area in the process. On the other hand, the planet orbiting ...

She continued: "The planet orbiting Kepler-62 has so much cloud cover that it cools off too much, sacrificing precious habitable surface area in the process. On the other hand, the planet orbiting ...

Kepler-22b is the first planet in a confirmed orbit in a star's habitable zone—the region around a star where liquid water could persist on its surface. Kepler-22b is a “super-Earth,” about 2.4 times ...