Kepler Space Telescope : Science World Report

May 12, 2016 09:22 AM EDT

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovered 1,284 Planets Making It The Single Largest Planet Discovery To Date

Scientists from Princeton University and NASA have confirmed that 1,284 objects observed outside Earth's solar system by NASA's Kepler spacecraft are indeed planets, making it the largest single announcement of new planets to date.

May 04, 2016 04:30 AM EDT

Tiny Telescope One-Ups Kepler In Discovering Exoplanets

A little telescope called TRAPPIST discovered exoplanets that Kepler failed to recognize.

Dec 04, 2015 11:30 AM EST

Half of Kepler's Exoplanets Aren't Really There: False Positives Discovered

It turns out that half of Kepler's exoplanet candidates may be false positives. New research reveals that 52.3 percent of the found exoplanets were actually eclipsing binaries, while 2.3 percent were brown dwarfs.

Oct 16, 2015 09:00 PM EDT

Two Hot Jupiters Discovered Close-in to Their Star

Scientists are learning a bit more about hot Jupiters, thanks to some new observations.

Oct 15, 2015 08:48 AM EDT

NASA May Have Discovered an Alien Civilization Around a Strange Star

Have we finally detected intelligent alien life? That may be the case, thanks to Kepler.

Aug 14, 2015 07:21 AM EDT

Young, Alien 'Jupiter' Exoplanet Discovered with Gemini Planet Imager

Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-like planet within a young solar system that may actually tell researchers a bit more about how planets formed around our own sun.

Aug 11, 2015 08:12 AM EDT

New, Star Wars-like Exoplanet Has Two Suns Instead of One

Scientists have discovered an unusual new exoplanet that orbits two stars instead of one. The new finding is only the 10th "circumbinary" planet that's been discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission.

Jul 23, 2015 05:58 PM EDT

NASA Discovers First Earth-like Planet Orbiting a Sun-like Star with Kepler

NASA's Kepler Mission has officially discovered the first near-Earth-size planet in the "habitable" zone around its sun-like star.

Jul 02, 2015 09:00 AM EDT

Earth-like Planets Hosted by Young and Old Stars: 33 Stars Reveal the Ages of 'Suns'

Old stars may have Earth-like planets. A new study of 33 Kepler stars with solar-like oscillations have shown the ages of sun-like stars with Earth-like planets.

Mar 04, 2015 06:31 AM EST

New Technique Reveals a Planet with Liquid Rock in Its Atmosphere

Scientists may have gotten a better glimpse of weather on other planets. They've created a new technique that analyzes data from NASA's Kepler space observatory to determine the types of clouds on planets that orbit other stars.

May 18, 2014 06:55 PM EDT

NASA's Planet-hunting Kepler Telescope Given New Mission

NASA plans to revive its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope for a new mission after a positioning system problem sidelined the observatory last year, officials said on Friday.

Feb 26, 2014 03:05 PM EST

NASA Nearly Doubles Discovery of Known Planets Without Kepler Active Space Telescope

The Kepler Space Telescope has been inactive since May of 2013, but the probe’s data has led astronomer’s to discover 715 new planets, NASA Ames Research Center reported today.