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Eight planets circle our sun (sorry, Pluto), but our solar system is no longer unique in that number. NASA recently announced the discovery of an eighth planet circling the star Kepler-90, tying our solar system with that...

Many people once thought Earth was unique in outer space in its ability to support life. Recent discoveries could shatter that notion, like one new analysis of information from the Kepler Space Telescope. An international...

Our knowledge of the galaxy just expanded significantly, thanks to NASA's Kepler space telescope. The exoplanet-finding machine allowed the agency to add 219 new planet candidates to their growing list. 10 of those planets...

In a press conference today, NASA scientists revealed an extraordinary new discovery – the first known system of seven rocky, Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star...

1. A second mini moon circling Earth The moon has figured prominently in our culture, popping up in songs, poems, and literature throughout the centuries. So NASA's confirmation that there's a second moon piqued the curiosity...

There is something strange going on in the space between the Cygnus and Lyra constellations. The Kepler Space Telescope has been recording light data emitted from stars and has captured some unexpected activity from one star...

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is designed to search more than 150,000 stars in order to find habitable Earth-like planets beyond our solar system. So far, it has found more than 4,000 potential planets, and according to...