NASAispoisedtolauncha$337millionwashingmachine-sizedspacecraftthataimstovastlyexpandmankind'ssearchforplanetsbeyondoursolarsystem,particularlycloser,Earth-sized
AlphabetInc’sGoogleandNASAsaidonThursdaythatadvancedcomputeranalysisidentifiedtwonewplanetsarounddistantstars,includingonethatispartofthefirststarsystemwithasma
AsolarsystemwithasmanyplanetsasourownhasbeendiscoveredwiththehelpofNASA'sKeplerspacetelescopeandartificialintelligence,theUSspaceagencysaidThursday."Oursolarsys
AnanalysisofdatafromtheKeplerspacetelescopehasrevealed20extraterrestrialworldsthatmightbeabletohostlife,sciencemagazineNewScientistreported.Eachnewworldcomeswit
Astronomershavefoundanabundanceofexoplanets,butnoexomoons.Despiteongoingefforts,thetinycelestialbodieshavejustbeentooelusivetodetectusingmoderntechnology.Howeve
Astronomershaveadded219candidatestothegrowinglistofplanetsbeyondthesolarsystem,10ofwhichmaybeaboutthesamesizeandtemperatureasEarth,boostingthechancesofhostingli
U.S. space agency NASA said Wednesday its Kepler spacecraft has verified the existence of 715 more planets orbiting stars outside the solar system.
U.S. space agency NASA confirmed Tuesday that it has "corrected" a decision to ban six Chinese researchers from attending a conference on exoplanet research next month.