The newfound exoplanet, called Kepler-139f, is a gigantic world roughly twice the mass of Neptune and 35 times the mass of ...

Earth” located 560 light-years away in the Draco constellation, has left astronomers amazed by its immense size and unexpected composition. Weighing 17 times more than Earth, this rocky giant ...

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

Kepler Planet Hunter Nears End Of Epic Journey. 50 Comments . by: Tom Nardi. July 31, 2018. Title: Copy. Short Link: Copy. The Kepler spacecraft is in the final moments of its life.

Kepler also found planets "completely unlike those in our solar system," he told reporters. "Some of those, in fact, might be actual water worlds.

Kepler has discovered 4,034 possible planets orbiting distant suns, 2,335 of which have been confirmed as actual planets. This chart shows previous discoveries in blue with newly announced ...

The planet, called Kepler-452b, is about 60% larger in diameter than Earth and circles a sun-like star that sits about 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

The planet, dubbed Kepler-90i, is a hot, rocky planet that orbits its star every 14.4 days, and was found with the help of artificial intelligence, NASA said Thursday.

The Kepler mission enabled the discovery of thousands of exoplanets, revealing a deep truth about our place in the cosmos: There are more planets than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

Kepler-1658b was first identified in Kepler data in 2009, but it took a full decade before additional analysis officially confirmed its existence. Now it turns out the gigantic planet as massive ...