NASA Planet Hunter Finds its 1st Earth-size Habitable-zone World
WEBJan 7, 2020 · NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star’s habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface.
Finding a New Earth - NASA
WEBJan 26, 2021 · Finding a New Earth. NASA. Kepler-22b is the first planet discovered inside the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. This artist’s conception from 2011, shows the first planet that NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed to orbit the region around a star where liquid water, a requirement for life on Earth, could exist.
NASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable …
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · NASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years away. The exoplanet, TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times the width of Earth.
NASA's Kepler Telescope Discovers First Earth-Size Planet in …
WEBApr 17, 2014 · Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone” — the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet.
Discovery Alert: A ‘Super-Earth’ in the Habitable Zone - Science@NASA
WEBJan 31, 2024 · The recently discovered super-Earth, TOI-715 b, might be making its appearance at just the right time. Its parent star is a red dwarf, smaller and cooler than our Sun; a number of such stars are known to host small, rocky worlds.
Discovery Alert: A Rocky ‘Super-Earth’ in the Habitable Zone
WEBOct 4, 2022 · Illustration of a newly discovered super-Earth, LP 890-9 c, foreground, and its sister planet, LP 890-9 b, orbiting a red-dwarf star some 98 light-years away from Earth.
NASA’s TESS Discovers Planetary System’s Second Earth-Size World
WEBJan 10, 2023 · Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet’s surface. The world is 95% Earth’s size and likely rocky. Astronomers previously discovered ...
Second Earth-sized World Found in System's Habitable Zone
WEBJan 10, 2023 · Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet’s surface. The world is 95% Earth’s size and likely rocky.
Discovery Alert: Intriguing New ‘Super-Earth’ Could ... - Science@NASA
WEBAug 24, 2022 · Key facts: Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), backed up by ground-based telescopes, an international team led by the University of Montreal announced the discovery of a “super-Earth” – a planet that is potentially rocky like ours, but larger – orbiting a red-dwarf star about 100 light-years ...
Finding Another Earth | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBJul 23, 2015 · The discovery of a super-Earth-sized planet orbiting a sun-like star brings us closer than ever to finding a twin of our own watery world. But NASA's Kepler space telescope has captured evidence of other potentially habitable planets amid the sea of stars in the Milky Way galaxy.