Some 500 light-years away, a little planet basks comfortably in the heat of its sun. It's probably rocky, as the Earth is, and it's probably just the right temperature to boast liquid water. In other ...

One of the planets earmarked as potentially most Earth-like is dissuading guests, with the discovery of vast superflares rendering it inhospitable. Researchers had believed Kepler-438b to be the most ...

Unpack those suitcases. According to a new study, the most Earth-like planet on our radar has one decidedly un-Earth-like feature: It’s super radioactive. The research, published Tuesday in the ...

The shortlist of alternative planets that could support life may have just lost its most promising contender. Kepler-438b, previously dubbed Earth's twin, is being barraged by destructive 'superflares ...

An artistic illustration compares Earth (L) to a planet beyond the solar system that is a close match to Earth, called Kepler-452b in this NASA image released on July 23, 2015. (Reuters Photo) London: ...

About 470 light years away, a rocky planet about 1.12 times the size of Earth spins around a star in what’s called a habitable zone — where favorable temperatures mean liquid water could possibly ...

The most Earth-like planet could have been made uninhabitable by vast quantities of radiation.The atmosphere of the planet, Kepler-438b, is thought to have been stripped away as a result of radiation ...

In the past decade or two, exoplanetary research has been booming as NASA’s Kepler telescope and its cohorts have found nearly 2000 exoplanets and 5000 promising candidates. Unsurprisingly, we have ...