After nearly a decade of groundbreaking exploration, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope concluded its mission, leaving a lasting legacy in the search for exoplanets. The spacecraft, which confirmed the ...

How many exoplanets are in the cosmos and what can they tell us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an ...

Despite malfunctioning hardware and dwindling fuel reserves, Kepler forges onward, equipped with a new statistical method that confirmed more than 1200 exoplanets. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

The exploration and study of exoplanets have advanced significantly in recent years, leading scientists to reconsider how these distant worlds are classified. As our understanding deepens, so does the ...

Mission managers say they expect Kepler to run out of fuel in the next few months, putting an end to nearly a decade of planet-spotting. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in ...

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted 503 new potential alien worlds, some of which may be capable of supporting life as we know it. "Some of these new planet candidates are small and some reside in ...

For those seeking life-sustaining worlds far, far away, 2011 was a year of discoveries for NASA's Kepler telescope that culminated with images of the first two Earth-size planets observed outside the ...

Launched by NASA in 2009, the Kepler space telescope was outfitted with equipment to discover and study Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way galaxy. It was named after the 17th century scientist and ...