The Kepler team for example estimated that Kepler-22b, if it had an atmosphere like Earth's, would enjoy balmy average temperatures of 72 degrees Fahrenheit, "a little warmer than a nice day here ...

NASA announced finding an Earth-like planet outside outside the solar system that could have the right temperature to support life.

It’s a golden age for planet hunters: NASA's Kepler mission has identified more than 3,500 potential planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun. Some of them, like a planet called Kepler-22b, might ...

Imagine stepping onto a distant exoplanet, where vast alien oceans stretch beyond the horizon. Based on data from missions ...

NASA's Kepler mission has found a new planet, 600 light-years away, orbiting a star very much like the sun. Scientists say they've confirmed it is in the star's so-called habitable zone, where ...

Kepler-22b might be a paradise, or it might be the opposite. That depends in part on the planet’s gravity, and for that you need its mass. DAT MASS.

Future observations may reveal more about this planet, and others. One day we might know more about Kepler 22B's atmosphere (if it has one) through spectroscopic measurements. If we can make a ...

Spied by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, Kepler-22b marks the best candidate yet for a life-bearing world beyond our solar system, scientists said Monday. Its temperature is just right for liquid ...

This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. It is the first planet that NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed to ...

Kepler 22b, the planet which scientists say hold the best hope yet for future human habitation, could have continents, oceans and creatures already living on its surface, they believe.