Kepler-1658b, orbiting with a period of just 3.8 days, was the first exoplanet candidate discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2009. In 2019, astrophysicist Ashley Chontos used sound waves ...

Scientists working on NASA’s Kepler mission have unveiled the first five exoplanets discovered by the space telescope since it was launched in March 2009. The exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other ...

Kepler's role as the leading exoplanet-hunting space telescope was taken over by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which was launched on April 18, 2018 and completed its primary ...

On May 10, 2016, NASA announced the discovery of 1,284 more alien planets by is Kepler Space Telescope, a haul that includes nine exoplanets that might be habitable. See the discovery explained in ...

The exoplanet discoveries announced Tuesday were based on data collected during Kepler's original mission. So far during the K2 mission, some 270 planet candidates have been identified.

An additional 1,284 objects spotted by NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler are confirmed planets, agency astronomers said today.That brings the total number of verified exoplanets from ...

Imagine stepping onto a distant exoplanet, where vast alien oceans stretch beyond the horizon. Based on data from missions ...

Are we alone in the universe? While no one can say for sure, space scientists know where to start looking—exoplanets. An exoplanet is a planet beyond the cradle of Earth’s eight-membered solar system.

Kepler’s final exoplanet catalog, released in a news conference June 19, now consists of 4,034 exoplanet candidates. Of those, 49 are rocky worlds in their stars’ habitable zones, ...

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 ...

Kepler-1658b, orbiting with a period of just 3.8 days, was the first exoplanet candidate discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2009. In 2019, astrophysicist Ashley Chontos used sound waves ...

Kepler-1658b is a so-called hot Jupiter, the nickname given to exoplanets on par with Jupiter’s mass and size but in scorchingly ultra-close orbits about their host stars.