Despite having discovered more exoplanets than any other telescope, Kepler has been retired for the very simple reason that ...

The Kepler Space Telescope, launched March 6, 2009, was designed to search the Milky Way for exoplanets. Using the transit ...

In 2015, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope confirmed a planet almost identical to Earth — Kepler-452b, orbiting a Sun-like star 1 ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

As of Saturday, Nov. 15, the moon phase is Waning Crescent. This means 19% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

NASA found what looked like a planet, but its behavior was bizarre. Turns out, Einstein saw it coming, 88 years ago.

Scientists have long assumed that, like rocky planets such as Earth, sub-Neptunes begin with molten magma oceans. Their thick ...

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

Physicist Brian Cox dismisses alien claims about comet 3I/Atlas, calling it a natural interstellar relic and “a message from a dead world.” ...

A new study suggests mysterious water worlds may be manufacturing their own oceans through chemical reactions deep within ...