NASA’s Kepler telescope finds the closest copy of Earth to date
NASA Kepler's mission adds 500 new exoplanets to its library.
Kepler keeps going, finds new ‘super-Earth’
NASA’s Kepler space telescope, once thought “beyond repair,” has found a planet two and a half times the size of Earth outside the Milky Way, the space agency announced Thursday.
Watch
Kepler telescope spots a planet that seems a lot like home
NASA scientists say the Kepler space telescope may have discovered the most “Earth-like” planet yet. Circling a star about 500 light-years away, planet Kepler 186-F may be the right temperature to allow liquid water to flow on its surface. Hari…
Kepler finds new Earth-like planet 500 light-years away
NASA explanatory scientists announced Thursday that the Kepler Space Telescope has found an Earth-like planet in our galaxy. Elisa Quintana, exoplanet research scientist for the SETI Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center, says the planet is in the “Goldilocks zone,”…
Discovery of Earth-size planets incites the search for intelligent life…
Time Runs Out for Telescope, Examining Kepler's Contribution to Space Research…
Perhaps you learned a mnemonic device such as the one above to help remember the planets -- Mercury, Venus, Earth, etc. -- and their order away from the sun. Turns out, we're going to need a longer mnemonic after the…
A NASA telescope is set to launch Friday night from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on a three-and-a-half year mission to scan the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-like planets.
