On July 23, 2015, NASA announced the discovery of the first truly Earth-like planet. This find comes thanks to the Kepler Space Telescope , which was launched in March of 2009 and has been planet ...

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The exoplanet, Kepler-725c, has 10 times the mass of Earth and is located in the habitable zone of the sun-like star Kepler-725. The discovery is published in Nature Astronomy.

If this theoretical second planet in the system is confirmed, it would become the smallest habitable-zone planet discovered by TESS, NASA's exoplanet-detecting satellite.

PASADENA (CBS)— NASA announced a major milestone in the quest for life in the universe Monday: The discovery of another planet close enough to Earth that it could support life. The planet ...

The first discovery of a second Earth will likely be another watershed moment for her and many, she said. "An Earth analogue has different implications," she said.

“This discovery supports the growing belief that we live in a universe crowded with life,” Boss said. “Kepler is on the verge of determining the actual abundance of habitable, Earth-like ...

Scientists studying data from the Alpha Centauri star system on Wednesday announced what they believe is a second Earth-like planet orbiting the star closest to the sun.The finding, announced via ...

New super-Earth discovery will help astronomers search for life in the Universe. ... an instrument capable of detecting velocity shifts as small as 10 centimeters per second.

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. "Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 January 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 01 / 230110151046 ...

As far as extrasolar planets go, ‘GJ 367 b’ is a featherweight. With half the mass of Earth, the newly discovered planet is one of the lightest among the nearly 5000 exoplanets known today.

Like Earth, it’s made of rock. “This is a historic discovery,” said Geoff Marcy of the University of California, Berkeley, at a press conference introducing the new planet.