Astronomers have determined that the planet Kepler-10c, discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope back in 2011 and thought to be a gas giant, is actually solid, making it an unprecedented ...

A new planetary member of the Kepler-10 solar system was announced today. Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, members of the Kepler science team confirmed a new planet, dubbed Kepler-10c.

Researchers have discovered what is being called the “Godzilla of Earths” some 560 light years from Earth, in the constellation Draco. The planet, named Kepler-10c after the NASA Kepler space ...

Today the Kepler team is announcing another member of the Kepler-10 family, called Kepler-10c . It has a radius of 2.2 times that of Earth’s, and it orbits the star every 45 days. Both Kepler-10b and ...

NASA astronomers recently discovered a new class of rocky planet measuring 2.3 times the size of Earth and 17 times its diameter. Dubbed “mega-Earth,” this type of planet challenges all previous ...

(Nanowerk News) Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a new type of planet - a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth. Theorists believed such a world couldn't form because ...

Ever since the Kepler Space Telescope first went online, astronomers have uncovered a diverse collection of exotic extrasolar planets. While no two have been exactly alike, pretty much all of them fit ...

Rooting around extrasolar planetary systems like paleontologists on a dinosaur dig astronomers have found a remarkable new planet 17 times more massive than Earth. Improbably, it's made of rock.

Contrary to age long theory that there is no other all-solid planet except planet Earth, scientists think they may have found not just one, but three. The new planet named ‘Mega Earth’, first spotted ...

The Kepler Telescope team has found a new rocky planet, one they describe as a “scorched, molten Earth.” The planet is about 2 times the size of Earth, and is very close to the Sun-like star Kepler-10 ...