WASHINGTON -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for…
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016 based on a recommendation…
New planet best example yet of planet in habitable zone. An International research team analyzed data from the European Southern…
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets MOFFET FIELD, Calif. (NASA)-- These discoveries nearly…
Kepler Finds First Earth-Size Planets Beyond Our Solar System Found MOFFET FIELD, Calif. -- The Kepler mission discovered the first…
First planet in zone that could support life found (Source - NASA): This diagram compares our own solar system to…