Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets ...

NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. “This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler,” said Ellen ...

A new planetary member of the Kepler-10 solar system was announced today. Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, members of the Kepler science team confirmed a new planet, dubbed Kepler-10c.

With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that the Kepler Space Telescope saw before it was retired. More than 5,000 planets are confirmed to exist ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers studying data from NASA's retired Kepler Space Telescope discovered a system of seven "sweltering" planets surrounding a star that's hotter than our own sun. According ...

If you’re looking for Earthlike planets around other stars — places about the size and temperature of our own planet, where life could in theory be found — it might seem like a letdown to stumble ...

The Kepler Space Telescope has found over 1,000 confirmed exoplanets. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Kepler is a planet-hunting powerhouse. Even more impressive? Kepler is already finding ...

This image from the paper is a visual representation of the planets in their abbreviated catalogue, showing planets by size and stellar temperature. Credit: arXiv (2023). DOI: ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — Virtually all of the alien planet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope may turn out to be the real deal, a new study suggests. Researchers announced today ...

The Kepler Explorer team includes (left to right): Eric Lopez, Kyle McKinley, Jonathan Fortney, John Peters, and Caroline Morley. Kepler Explorer challenges users to design a planet that matches the ...

The discovery of a strange new world about the size of Earth's moon has shattered the record for the smallest known alien planet, scientists say. The newfound alien planet Kepler-37b is the first ...