Tags: Kepler Space Telescope

Finding Exoplanets: Transit Method, Radial Velocity & Microlensing Explained

SPACE 03.27.2026 11:02 AM

Explore habitable exoplanets using the TESS mission, Kepler space telescope, and methods like transit, radial velocity, and microlensing detection techniques.

Exoplanet in Deep Space Is on a Collision Course Toward Destruction as It Orbits Closer With Its Expanding Star

01.27.2023 00:39 AM

The doomed exoplanet was first discovered by the Kepler space telescope and its unfortunate fate could lead to new insights into other planets and their evolving star systems. Read the article to learn more details about its impending demise.

Astronomers Found Two Possible Water Worlds Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star 218 Light-Years Away

12.16.2022 01:35 AM

Astronomers found evidence that the two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds" where water makes up a large fraction of their volume. Read the article to learn more.

Astronomers Find Jupiter’s Identical Twin Exoplanet 17,000 Light-Years Away Using Kepler Space Telescope

04.03.2022 23:45 PM

Here's how astronomers looked through historical data from NASA's Kepler space telescope before discovering an exoplanet with Jupiter-like features.

Three Exoplanets Larger Than Jupiter Confirmed as Stars

03.21.2022 08:00 AM

The population of exoplanets is regularly updated once in a while. Read on to know what happened in the remaining planetary candidates hovering beyond the outskirts of our galaxy.

New Exomoon Twice the Size of Earth Revolves Around Jupiter-Sized Exoplanet

01.18.2022 04:34 AM

Astronomers from Columbia University discovered a potential exomoon twice the size of our planet. It revolves around an exoplanet that has a mass similar to Jupiter.

British Scientists Use AI to Identify New Planets

08.26.2020 07:30 AM

Scientists created a new AI algorithm to validate planets by sorting through thousands of data collected by NASA. They hope that the future missions can also make use of algorithm as well as other techniques to validate planets.

NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Possibly Found Earth 2.0

04.16.2020 05:12 AM

Scientists analyzing data gathered by Kepler found an Earth-size world that may have liquid water and could possibly support life as we know it.

Tatooine World Ailen Planet Has Two Stars Detected By NASA's Kepler Telescope Could Be Habitable

04.18.2017 12:17 PM

NASA has made a huge alien breakthrough after they discovered Tatooine-like Aline World. Nasa has found planets using Kepler telescope that could support life.

Astronomers Discover Planet in Multiple Star System

03.05.2015 21:40 PM

Astronomers have discovered a new planet located in a system with three stars and another planet located in a system with not one, not two, not three, but four stars in the system.

NASA Researchers Bring Exoplanets to Life in Kepler Style

01.13.2015 14:22 PM

How many planets like our Earth are out there in space? Well, while the possibilities are endless, and with the vast expanses of the universe the search may be endless. But thanks to NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, researchers have to date discovered 1,000 Earth-like exoplanets that seem to fit the bill. And in celebration of the record-breaking discovery, researchers at NASA are giving the public a view of what life on these exoplanets inhabited by humans might just look like—with a vintage feel.

Alien Earth with Red Sun Discovered Close to Home

01.07.2015 23:16 PM

Scientists have discovered eight more exoplanets with two planets located as little as 470 light years away that could, in fact, be much like Earth as we know it.

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