Last Updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 13:31
NASA`s Kepler mission has announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates, four of which are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun`s "habitable zone".
Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2012, 14:13
Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington believe they have discovered a planet right at Earth’s front door that may be capable of supporting human life.
Last Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 14:04
Two amateur British astronomers say they have discovered a new planet which they want to be named after them.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 09:17
Astronomers believe they have found a second planet outside our solar system that seems to be in the right zone for life, just barely.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 15:05
A planet about eight times the mass of Jupiter is orbiting a Sun-like star.
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