#kepler space telescope

Kepler Space Telescope’s First Exoplanet Candidate Confirmed

An international team of astronomers reports the confirmation of the first exoplanet candidate identified by NASA’s Kepler Mission.

Keck, Gemini Assist in Discovery of Earth-Like Planet

The planet is the first to be found that is about the same size as our own and also orbits at a distance from its sun where water could exist in liquid form.

Astronomers Say Planets Hospitable to Life May Be Common

Researchers using the Keck Observatory say recent findings suggest that one out of five stars similar to our sun may have planets in the “habitable zone.”

Keck Helps in Discovery of First Earth-Sized, Rocky Exoplanet

The planet located 400 light years from Earth is one of a group of “ultrashort period” planets which orbit extremely closely to their stars.