When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...
Worlds that circle stars other than our own are called “exoplanets.” This specific one could be the very first planet like ...
NASA's elite planet-hunting spacecraft has been declared dead, just a few months shy of its 10th anniversary. Officials announced the Kepler Space Telescope's demise Tuesday. Already well past its ...
The first—and so far only—hint of the potential planet arrived in observations from NASA’s now retired Kepler space telescope ...
Astronomers have pulled a frozen, Earth-sized world out of archival data from the retired Kepler Space Telescope, revealing a ...
Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of ...
Space-watchers saw the handwriting on the wall months ago, but now it’s official: NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, by far the most successful planet-hunting telescope in history, isn’t coming back. Engineers ...
Natalie Batalha, a former project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission, will lead the audience on a journey to the stars, providing insight into future missions to search for lives beyond the Earth in ...