Astronomers have detected an exoplanet candidate around a Sun-like star just 146 light-years away from us.
When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...
The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.
Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...
A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.
The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...
Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a "mini moon" for the past two months. Observing distant objects is no easy task, thanks to our planet's thick and fluffy ...