Our solar system is now tied with Kepler-90 for number of planets circling a star
Eight planets circle our sun (sorry, Pluto), but our solar system is no longer unique in that number. NASA recently...
Kepler data reveals 20 potential habitable worlds
Many people once thought Earth was unique in outer space in its ability to support life. Recent discoveries could...
NASA identifies 219 new planet candidates - and 10 potential 'Earths'
Our knowledge of the galaxy just expanded significantly, thanks to NASA's Kepler space telescope. The exoplanet-finding...
NASA discovers 7 Earth-sized planets outside our solar system
In a press conference today, NASA scientists revealed an extraordinary new discovery – the first known system...
7 NASA discoveries that will blow your mind
[gallery_extend] 1. A second mini moon circling Earth The moon has figured prominently in our culture,...
It's official: NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered 1,284 new exoplanets
The known universe just got a lot bigger as the Kepler spacecraft has discovered over a thousand new planets orbiting...
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope discovers six more Earth-like planets that could support human life
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is designed to search more than 150,000 stars in order to find habitable Earth-like...
