"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

The Kepler space telescope has helped us discover many potentially habitable exoplanets that may harbour life. How does it find them? How do we know these exoplanets are habitable? Could there really ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

Kepler Interactive already boasts one of the ... Change is the only constant in our space. However, it feels like things have drastically accelerated recently. Geopolitical changes are affecting ...

IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star. Earth has a nearly circular orbit, but some planets outside our solar system, ...

"It’s death by a thousand cuts." Nasa's eagle-eyed Kepler Space Telescope spotted TrES-2b - the darkest known exoplanet - in 2011. It reflects less than 1% of any light that hits it, allowing it ...

September 12, 2013 – Scientists confirm that Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has crossed into interstellar space. July 23, 2015 – NASA’s Kepler spacecraft locates “Earth’s bigger ...