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Kepler and Herschel Telescopes Team Up to Spy on a Dwarf Planet
Move over Makemake, this unnamed world could be larger.
The Kepler Mission Has Found Another 1,284 Planets—The Biggest Haul Yet
Some of these planets could host life.
Kepler Is Saved! How NASA Used Its Deep Space Network to Avert Catastrophe
The Deep Space Network is a crucial link to spacecraft beyond Earth.
Turns Out This Earth-Like Planet Is Probably Uninhabitable
Kepler-438b is one of the most Earth-like exoplanets, but it's victim to coronal mass ejections.
Our Favorite Hypothetical Alien Megastructures
We turn to science, science fiction, and hypotheses between the two, to speculate what could be floating around mystery star KIC 8462852.
92 Percent of Earth-Like Planets Are Yet to Be Born, NASA Study Says
92 percent of all potentially habitable planet-formation is yet to occur, but we'll never see the results.
Let's Chill Out About This Imminent Apocalyptic Solar Super-Flare Business
Our Sun can and will produce some epic technology-destroying solar flares, but we'll probably keep our atmosphere.
What You Need to Know About Kepler-452b, the Most Earthlike Planet Yet
The new planet enjoys “substantial opportunity for life to arise, should all the necessary ingredients and conditions for life exist on this planet.”
Earth's "Closest Cousin" Discovered by NASA
See gorgeous renderings of Kepler-452b, the newest planetary discovery from NASA's ongoing search for another Earth.
An Old Astronomical Rule Says There Should Be Way More Habitable Planets
And researchers are applying the theory to findings from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler satellite with interesting results.