In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though ...

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet candidate around a Sun-like star just 146 light-years away from us.

Scientists analyzing old data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet candidate that looks ...

“This is the first planet candidate with Earth-like radius and orbital properties transiting a Sun-like star bright enough ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

NASA’s Kepler data reveals HD 137010 b, a cold, Earth-sized candidate. Though freezing cold, it offers valuable insights into planetary formation and life’s potential elsewhere.

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

A possible cousin of Pluto seems to be circling the far reaches of the solar system. The dwarf planet candidate 2017 OF201 travels in a superwide orbit, with the sun relatively near one end of its ...