Kepler-22b is the first extra-solar planet ... rocky alien worlds This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired ...

Kepler 22b is not exactly around the corner ... the planet is probably a gas giant like Neptune with a methane atmosphere and an ocean of water, ammonia and methane ice covering a small, rocky ...

Smaller planets like Earth are primarily rocky and can only hold on to a thin atmosphere. Kepler-22b is in the middle, bigger than all the rocky planets in our system, but smaller than the gas giants.

Kepler-22b, for example, could be an ocean world ... She added: "If the planet has a dense atmosphere, which will take future studies to determine, it could trap enough heat to warm the planet ...

Kepler 22b is about twice the size of Earth and has temperatures which average around 72 degrees (22 Celsius). It also contains the right atmosphere to potentially support life. However ...

Instead, we will form the Kepler-22b Homeowners Association and I will ... arable land and a breathable atmosphere? A rare gem of life in an endless void of nothingness? If that’s our Christmas ...

Kepler-22b was thought to have a temperature similar ... It would take a different kind of mission to investigate the atmosphere of one of these distance planets to find out answers to the most ...