Circumstellar habitable zone

NASA Discovers 10 New Earth-Size Exoplanets

by

NASA revealed Monday 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets that could potentially have liquid water and support life. The Kepler mission team released a survey of 219 potential exoplanets — planets outside of our solar system — that had been detected by the space observatory launched in 2009 to scan the Milky Way galaxy. Ten of … Read more

Seven New Earth-Like Planets ‘best Bet’ For Life

by

A group of international scientists have announced that a dwarf star only 40 light years from the Earth has at least seven apparently rocky planets with potential to harbour water and life. The discovery of the planets, which are all about the size of Earth or smaller, was announced at the NASA headquarters in Washington, … Read more