Does liquid water exist on the surface of Kepler-1649c, a rocky alien planet just 6% bigger than the Earth? A new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals that astronomers have ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery in deep space — but not with an existing telescope or space probe. Combing through a backlog of data collected several years ago by NASA’s now defunct Kepler ...

Meet exoplanet Kepler-1649c — it’s the same size as Earth, and its distance from its sun is just right for life — and that may NOT be a good thing. Sitting roughly 300 light years from Earth, the ...

“This intriguing, distant world gives us even greater hope that a second Earth lies among the stars, waiting to be found,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

Life down on Earth may be fairly weird right now, but that isn't stopping scientists from sifting through NASA data to try to identify Earth-like planets out in the universe. The Kepler space ...

In April 2021, NASA discovered an “Earth-sized, habitable planet” located 300 light-years from Earth. The so-named Kepler-1649c was found while scientists were looking through old observations from ...

Researchers have discovered an Earth-sized planet that lies in the habitable zone of a star located around 300 light-years from Earth. The international team of scientists estimate that the planet, ...

in the search for alien life. It's very exciting to find a planet like Earth. Among the many exoplanets we found, only a handful have been strong candidates for supporting life the way Earth tons.