Kepler-62f, an Earth-like planet, is considered a possible habitat for life. It might resemble Endor, with lush forests and life-supporting conditions.

Here are some pics of most earth-like exoplanets uploaded by NASA: Gliese 667Cc, 22 light-years from Earth, is 4.5 times Earth's mass, orbits its cooler red dwarf star in 28 days, and likely resides ...

A huge, airy giant planet has been discovered by astronomers from MIT, the University of Liège in Belgium, and other ...

However, the newly discovered planet, Kepler-442b ... meaning it’s larger than Earth but smaller than gas giants like Neptune ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

Nor were these worlds all small like our inner planets. The most common planets seen by Kepler have a radius between Earth’s and Neptune’s — unlike any planet in the Solar System.

are not a replica of the Earth, it has mega-oceans on the surfaces, but their properties are utterly different. For example, a planet like Kepler-138d has an average atmospheric temperature of around ...

Kepler was one of ... have been caused by second planets orbiting the same star but came up empty-handed. While seven additional candidate exoplanets might not seem like a lot compared to the ...