Kepler-442b, one-third larger than Earth and which receives two-thirds of the light that reaches our planet, has a 97% chance of being in a habitable zone. In what way do they resemble our planet?

It’s you and me, Kepler−442b. What does it take for an alien exoplanet to host life as we know it? A lot, as it turns out. Suggesting that Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be ...

May the faint chemical signals drifting through the atmosphere of a distant world be the long-sought message that we are not alone. Astronomers have reported seeing an unusual and strong combination ...

Finding a planet out in deep space that we could potentially live on has been a science fiction trope for decades, but little more than that. Yet with scientists discovering a growing number of ...

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 ...

Among eight new Kepler planets found are the two most Earth-like to date, with possible conditions for the propagation of life. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

The amazing Kepler Space Telescope has now catalogued over 1,000 exoplanets. Among them are eight new planets located within habitable zones, including two that astronomers say are the most Earth-like ...

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If you’re planning on packing up and changing addresses to Kepler-442b or Kepler-438b anytime soon, you can probably put away the moving boxes for now. While the newly discovered exoplanets and their ...