Why travellers are turning to the zodiac for vacation planningPeople are increasingly using astrocartography to guide major life choices. This practice, which maps planetary influences on locations, he...
08 May, 2026, 09.02 AM IST
The Search for an Exomoon: Have We Finally Found One?Astronomers are actively searching for exomoons, the elusive counterparts to our Solar System's moons, with promising candidates like the o...
25 Feb, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
A 400-year-old explosion, one of the biggest humans have ever witnessed, seen over 25 years as NASA shows Kepler Supernova’s uneven expansionNASA has released its longest-ever time-lapse from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing the expanding remains of Kepler’s Supernova, on...
07 Jan, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
Two new exoplanets covered with water found by explorersExoplanet explorers have discovered new planets, Kepler-138c and d, covered with water.
20 Dec, 2022, 01.57 AM IST
'Seventeen new planets, including one Earth-sized world discovered'Astronomers have discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA's...
28 Feb, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
NASA's Kepler telescope retires after finding thousands of worldsBringing an end to a prolific nine-and-a-half year mission in which it discovered over 2,600 intriguing exoplanets, some of which may harbo...
01 Nov, 2018, 07.51 AM IST
- Scientists find miniature version of our solar system with eight planets (Lead, Correcting headline)
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Scientists applying artificial intelligence to data from NASAs Kepler Space Telescope have discovered an eighth p...
15 Dec, 2017, 07.32 AM IST
- NASA's Kepler probe uses Google AI for latest discovery
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) NASA has said its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope made its latest discovery using machine learning from Goo...
11 Dec, 2017, 03.02 PM IST
- How hidden stars may impact search for Earth-like planets
Washington, July 12 (IANS) Researchers have found that hidden stars may make planets appear smaller than they actually are, complicating th...
12 Jul, 2017, 03.27 PM IST
NASA's Kepler telescope spots over 200 new planet candidatesThe new data is the most comprehensive and detailed catalogue of candidate exoplanets, which are planets outside our solar system, from Kep...
20 Jun, 2017, 12.44 PM IST
Earth-sized 'Tatooine' planets may be habitable: StudyIn a particular range of distances from two sun-like host stars, a planet covered in water would remain habitable and retain its water for ...
13 Apr, 2017, 03.52 PM IST
20 potentially habitable Earth-like planets identifiedThe new research outlines 216 Kepler planets located within the "habitable zone" - the area around a star in which a planet's surface could...
04 Aug, 2016, 12.44 PM IST
NASA's Kepler mission discovers 100 new planetsAmong the confirmed is a planetary system comprising four promising planets that could be rocky. These four planets are orbiting the M dwar...
19 Jul, 2016, 01.22 PM IST
NASA's Kepler mission discovers over 1,200 new planetsAnalysis was performed on the Kepler space telescope's July 2015 planet candidate catalogue, which identified 4,302 potential planets.
11 May, 2016, 01.14 PM IST
NASA discovers an Earth-like planet 'Kepler 452b'Using NASA's planet-hunting space telescope, called Kepler, a team announced today that Kepler 452b is the most Earth-like planet every dis...
24 Jul, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Earth-like planets around most stars: Australian National University research reportThe new research made the finding by applying a 200 year old idea to the thousands of exo-planets discovered by NASA's Kepler space telesco...
05 Feb, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
Kepler exoplanet tally passes 1,000: NASAOf more than 1,000 verified planets found, eight are less than twice Earth-size and in their stars' habitable zone, the US space agency sai...
11 Jan, 2015, 03.43 PM IST