For life as we know it to arise on another planet, scientists think the alien world must have three key ingredients: ... "We announced Kepler-22b, which has the right temperature for life, ...

Kepler-22b is the first extra-solar planet, or exoplanet, that the Kepler Space Telescope found in the habitable zone of its star. It is thought to be a promising spot to search for life.

NASA announced finding an Earth-like planet outside outside the solar system that could have have the right temperature to support life. As Brian Vastag reported: The search for Earth-like planets ...

The new planet - named Kepler-22b - has key aspects it shares with Earth. It circles a star that could be the twin of our sun and at just about the same distance. The planet's year of 290 days is ...

However, only Kepler 22b has come the closest to being a candidate for having life. Unfortunately, a candidate is all Kepler 22b is at the moment and there are still questions on how likely it is ...

Last year came to an exciting end with the discovery of an Earth-like planet, Kepler-22b, orbiting a sun-like star outside of our solar system. It was found by NASA’s Kepler mission and is the ...

Kepler can’t find life itself, ... Even though the confirmed Kepler-22b is a bit big, it is still smaller than most of the other candidates. It is closest to Earth in size, ...

The planet, dubbed Kepler-22b, isn't much larger than Earth and is orbiting a star in a region that's not too hot and not too cold — just the kind of place that could be home to liquid water ...

Imagine the potential for life and unique environmental conditions if the exoplanet Kepler-22b were located within our solar system. Trump’s cabinet turns on tariff architect Ron Howard Reveals ...

NARRATOR: Kepler-22b could have all the ingredients for Earth-like life. Energy is plentiful in sunlight from the nearby star. The necessary elements like hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen are ...

Planet Kepler-22b might be right temperature for liquid water. Dec. 6, 2011 — -- NASA's Kepler space telescope has found a new planet-- the most Earth-like yet -- circling a yellow star ...