Astronomers on Tuesday announced the discovery of eight new potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system, including two that are the most similar to Earth of any discovered so far. First ...

One of the most Earth-like planets located by the Kepler mission is uninhabitable after all, due to its very active star. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

The shortlist of alternative planets that could support life may have just lost its most promising contender. Kepler-438b, previously dubbed Earth's twin, is being barraged by destructive 'superflares ...

On January 6, astronomers announced NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft had discovered eight new planets. Two of those, you can now visit in Elite: Dangerous. The two exoplanets planets, ...

About 470 light years away, a rocky planet about 1.12 times the size of Earth spins around a star in what’s called a habitable zone — where favorable temperatures mean liquid water could possibly ...

In the search for Earth-like worlds beyond the solar system, Kepler-438b seemed to have it all, but a team of scientists has suggested that vast amounts of radiation may be making life impossible ...

Astronomers have discovered eight new planets that could potentially host life, including one that is "the most Earth-like" they have found yet. The "incredible" findings were announced at a meeting ...

An artistic illustration compares Earth (L) to a planet beyond the solar system that is a close match to Earth, called Kepler-452b in this NASA image released on July 23, 2015. (Reuters Photo) London: ...

Prospective spacefarers can scratch Kepler-438b off their list of alien world destinations as the exoplanet has been proven to be too inhospitable to support life. In a study featured in the journal ...