Astronomers discover a fourth planet in Kepler-51, challenging planetary formation theories with new questions.

Scientists using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope sought to observe a planet beyond our solar system (an exoplanet) ...

An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density "super-puff" planets has at least one more planet, according ...

How many exoplanets are in the cosmos and what can they tell us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! The team was shocked when Kepler-51d appeared to cross the face of its parent star, or make a transit ...

The team’s three-planet model predicted that Kepler-51d would ... the research team revisited previous transit data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope and NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey ...

The Kepler spacecraft is in the final moments of its life. NASA isn’t quite sure when they’ll say their last goodbye to the space telescope which has confirmed the existence of thousands of ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report the discovery of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of ...

The discovery of Kepler-51e sheds light on the unusual transit patterns of the system's existing super-puff planets.

The Kepler Network aims to streamline on-orbit communications with a network infrastructure designed to act as Internet exchange points (IXP) for space-to-space data relay. Credit: Kepler ...