Why we should Not Look for Aliens
The Universe is incredibly big and seems full of potential for life, with billions of habitable planets.
There are about 300 million Habitable Planets in the Milky Way
Scientists using data from the Kepler space telescope, estimated that there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy.
The Most Earth-Like Exoplanets we’ve discovered
A new catalog of Kepler exoplanets in Habitable Zone of their star.
Newly discovered planet is the most similar yet to Earth
NASA’s Kepler mission discovers Kepler-452b exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone, that is the most similar yet to Earth.
The Milky contains billions of Habitable Planets
A new study claims that the Milky Way is home to billions of planets positioned at the ‘habitable zone.’
Closer than ever to discover Earth’s Twin
NASA’s Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet discovery. Discovers more small worlds in Habitable Zones of other planetary systems.
Super-Earths have very long-lasting Oceans
New research shows that oceans on super-Earths, planets with two to four times the mass of Earth, once established, can last for billions of years.
Kepler space telescope finds 715 new worlds
NASA’s newly developed technique to spot new planets by using the Kepler space telescope, confirmed the existence of 715 exoplanets, including four that they are in habitable
Three Exoplanets in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star
Astronomers made new observations of Gliese 667C, and by combing them with existing data from HARPS at ESO’s 3.6-metre telescope in Chile, they reveal a
100 billion Planets around us
100 billion Planets around us! Caltech-led astronomers now estimate that at least 100 billion planets populate the our Milky Way. Image © Luc Perrot; Luc’s
Earth-Like Planet Close to Us
Earth-Like Planet close to Us discovered by International team of astronomers. A planetary system around the star Tau Ceti, with at least one of the
Best of Astronomy 2011
The year of exoplanets. The Kepler space observatory to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The spacecraft, named in honor of the 17th-century German astronomer
