Kepler-22b is the first extra-solar planet ... The area around a star in which water can be liquid rather than ice is known as the habitable zone. Sometimes called the "Goldilocks zone," it's ...

SEAGER: We do know that as long as the planet is over seven times the Earth's mass, it could possibly have liquid water in its surface. So Kepler-22b, despite being a relatively big planet ...

Kepler 22b's discovery caps a half-decade of astronomers searching for a "Goldilocks" planet — not too hot or not too cold to harbor oceans on its surface, like Earth. Liquid water is considered ...

NASA/Kepler/Caltech (T. Pyle) Kepler-22b was the mission's first planet in the so-called habitable zone, where liquid water can exist on its surface. Kepler-22b was the mission's first planet in ...

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

Instead, we will form the Kepler-22b Homeowners Association and I will ... Let’s see: a pristine planet with water, arable land and a breathable atmosphere? A rare gem of life in an endless ...

Scientists are still do not know if the planet is rocky, like earth, or if it is more like Neptune, which is mostly water and gas. If Kepler 22b does turn out to be a small defrosted Neptune ...

This means the planet could have continents and oceans just like the Earth, and where there is liquid water, there could also be life, they say. Scientists believe Kepler 22b may not only be ...

Kepler-22b's radius is 2.4 times that of Earth ... planets in the habitable zone of their parent stars, where liquid water, and perhaps even life, might be able to exist. Kepler detects alien ...