NASA’s Kepler telescope has spotted a new alien planet, the first one since 2013, when it suffered serious malfunctions and could not function properly. The recently discovered planet was named HIP 116454b and scientists called it a “super Earth” because it’s 2.5 times bigger and 12 times more massive than Earth. The planet is 180 light-years away from our planet, in the Pisces constellation. The … [Read more...]
NASA’s Kepler space telescope finds a ‘Mega-Earth’
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered a giant planet, named Kepler-10c, which has 17 times the mass of Earth. This rocky world is so large that it has been dubbed a “Mega-Earth” and been compared to the giant monster of film fame, Godzilla. According to the researchers, this “Godzilla of Earths” is some 560 light years away from Earth in the constellation Draco. “This is the … [Read more...]
NASA’s Kepler telescope detects Earth-like planet in habitable zone
The US space agency NASA has been constantly searching for life on other planets. Finding a ray of hope in this regard, the astronomers have discovered an earth-like planet orbiting the habitable zone of a cool star. The scientists have detected an Earth-sized planet, called Kepler-186f, using the planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope. Kepler-186f is part of a multi-planet system around the … [Read more...]
