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

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

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

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

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

The planet is estimated to be about six per cent larger than Earth and follows a roughly 355-day orbit, according to the study.

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

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