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As many as one in five Sun-like stars may have a planet the size of Earth, and the nearest could be in systems visible to the naked eye, US astronomers said Monday. The research is based on a new analysis of findings from NASA’s Kepler space observatory...

The search for extraterrestrial life zeroed in a bit today as NASA announced that its unmanned Kepler Space Telescope detected the most Earth-like planet yet found beyond the Solar System. Named Kepler-186f, the new planet orbits a red dwarf star about...

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope in its K2 mission recently collected data about 197 primary planet candidates that were evaluated by an international team of astronomers that confirmed 104 of them outside our solar system. In the discovery, all authors...

As 2016 comes to a close, Astrobiology Magazine is counting down our ‘Top 10’ stories from the past year. At number 4: An international team of astronomers has discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft on...

The House science committee carved out two hours of time on Wednesday to discuss the search for extraterrestrial life. Because the House has just seven days of work left before the end of the year, this hearing idea has generated some pretty harsh&nbsp...