The artist's concept depicts Kepler-186f , the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone—a range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the ...

Two of the earliest Earth-ish exoplanet finds are now more exciting targets in the search for habitable worlds beyond this rock. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family ...

Kepler-186f orbits an M dwarf star in the constellation Cygnus. More importantly, it's the first confirmed Earth-size, potentially habitable planet elsewhere in the universe. Eric Mack has been a CNET ...

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has just spotted Earth's cousin. Its next big find may be Earth's twin. On Thursday (April 17), astronomers announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the ...

Two exoplanets in the habitable zones of their stars probably have stable climates and regular seasons, scientists have discovered. One of them, astronomers believe, is roughly the size of Earth. In ...

Kepler 186f, the first Earthlike planet in a habitable zone with red-plant potential, marks 10 years since its discovery and highlights how alien life could look.

The first "alien Earth" continues to evade detection. On Monday (May 10), astronomers announced the discovery of 1,284 exoplanets by NASA's Kepler space telescope, bringing the prolific observatory's ...

Researchers suggest that two Earth-like exoplanets (Kepler-186f and 62f) have very stable axial tilts, much like the Earth, making it likely that each has regular seasons and a stable climate. A new ...

The diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-186, a five-planet system about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The five planets of Kepler-186 orbit a star ...