NASA's artistic rendering illustrates what the surface of exoplanet Kepler-1649c might look like. This illustration depicts a massive exoplanet triggering collisions among smaller bodies within a dust ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Planets that circle distant stars are called exoplanets. While we have eight planets in our solar system, astronomers have discovered thousands of these far-flung worlds around other stars. Exoplanets ...

In April 2021, NASA discovered an “Earth-sized, habitable planet” located 300 light-years from Earth. The so-named Kepler-1649c was found while scientists were looking through old observations from ...

A scientist who ran simulations of the evolution of 100,000 possible planets has concluded that the chance of any particular planet remaining habitable long enough for life to evolve intelligence are ...

There may be 300 million planets in our Milky Way galaxy that are “potentially habitable,” several likely within 30 light-years of our Sun and some closer than 20 light-years. That’s according to ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

MCND has made a comeback with their first mini album “EARTH AGE” and a music video for the title track “nanana”! The story behind “EARTH AGE” is that the MCND members are five boys from the exoplanet ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery in deep space — but not with an existing telescope or space probe. Combing through a backlog of data collected several years ago by NASA’s now defunct Kepler ...

NASA has dedicated years to searching for potentially habitable Earth-like planets called exoplanets. The space agency has a huge list of these planets, some of which are more interesting than others.

Planetary scientists are on a Goldilocks quest. But rather than the perfect-temperature porridge, they’re seeking a perfect-temperature Earth-like planet. A rocky world that’s neither too close nor ...