— -- Astronomers on Monday reported the discovery of an Earth-like planet outside the solar system whose size and distance from its own star put it in the "habitable" zone and make for a surface ...

The planet mentioned in the first episode of the new Apple TV series Pluribus really exists and it's been used in a different ...

It's several times larger than Earth and 600 light years away, but a newly discovered planet, Kepler-22b, is also said to be 72 degrees--and NASA's Kepler mission has named it as a planet that's just ...

WASHINGTON — A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It’s a bit too big. The ...

We don’t usually get too in-depth with science coverage here at Digital Trends, but this breakthrough certainly deserves mention: NASA announced today that it has confirmed the discovery of the first ...

What if Kepler 22-b existed within our solar system? Experience life on a potentially habitable exoplanet in our own cosmic ...

After nearly a decade of groundbreaking exploration, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope concluded its mission, leaving a lasting ...

It's easy to imagine clone armies, lightsabers, and starships on some of these very real planets.

NASA is marking two milestones in the search for planets like Earth: the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope’s 3.5-year prime mission and the beginning of an extended mission that ...

We don’t know if there’s anything for us to stand on yet, but the temperature appears to be a delightful 72 degrees, there’s light similar to that of our sun, and the year is a little longer than ours ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has confirmed the discovery of its first alien world in its host star's habitable zone — that just-right range of distances that could ...