Imagine the potential for life and unique environmental conditions if the exoplanet Kepler-22b were located within our solar system.

The reason Kepler-22b is particularly notable is that it orbits in the middle of the so-called “habitable zone” of its star, which NASA calls “sun-like,” but is slightly smaller and cooler ...

From early observations, the Kepler astronomers cannot tell whether Kepler 22b is a rocky world, a water-covered world or something else, says team leader William Borucki of NASA's Ames Research ...

An artist's concept of a planetary lineup, featuring five exoplanets that may be similar to Earth: (L to R) Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-452b, Kepler-62f and Kepler-186f, with Earth on the far ...

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They then compared the occurrence rates of these planets using data from NASA's TESS, or Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, for the younger population and from Kepler for the older population.

Two years after NASA's Kepler Space Telescope stirred up speculation about the possibility of alien life, NASA is set to make an announcement about the planet-hunting mission.

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 ...