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There Could Be Hundreds of Undiscovered Planets in Our Own Solar System
The discovery of a new dwarf planet fundamentally changes how we have to look at our solar system.
Out of 715 New Planets Discovered by NASA, Only Four Are Even Close to Earthlike
Finding another Earth isn't easy.
Meet PLATO, the Next Big Exoplanet Hunter
It's like Kepler 2.0, but European. And it will examine the atmospheres of distant planets for signs of life.
NASA’s Kepler Telescope Finds a Wobbly World with Brutal Seasons
A rough place to produce extraterrestrial life.
The Habitable Zone for Exoplanets May Be 14 Times Wider Than We Thought
A new study suggests subterranean life can survive far beyond the 'Goldilocks zone.' In our own solar system the area would include the moons of Saturn and Uranus.
NASA Has a Plan to Bring Kepler Back From the Dead
Since Kepler broke down in May, the planet-finding telescope has been out of commission. Now, NASA has a plan that would give it a second life.
Astronomers Found Earth's Twin—Except It's a Hellish Fire Planet
The first real Earth-like planet is so hot it might be a molten rock world.
The Kepler Space Telescope's Planet-Hunting Days Are Over, But It's Been A Great Run
Now the question is what else can it do.
Hubble's Latest Discovery Could Change Everything We Know About How Planets Grow
The hunt for exoplanets keep getting more interesting.
Kepler Gave Us the Best Evidence Yet That We Are Not Alone
NASA's planet-finding telescope is now on life support: Here's why it mattered.
Kepler's Failure Doesn't Mean the Mission is Over
NASA's newest exoplanet-hunting telescope has suffered a critical hardware malfunction. But that doesn't mean the mission was for naught--or that we won’t find more exoplanets from Kepler.