Estimated distance of the nearest Earth-like planet
Astronomers have calculated that an alien Earth-like planet could be present just 13 light years or so away from us. Astronomers usually get the impression of the planet through the NASA’s prolific...
View ArticleAbout one in five Sun-like stars have Earth-sized planets
Main Point: Scientists have found that about 22% of Sun-like Stars have the planets in the habitable zone. These planets are comparable to the size of the Earth. Published in: PNAS Study Further:...
View Article104 planets are potentially habitable among many of the explored planets by...
Main Point: NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has found a number of alien planets and 104 of them are potentially habitable. Study Further: Scientists from the NASA’s Kepler space mission have announced the...
View ArticleSimulations showed that life could be transferred from Earth to other planets...
Main Point: Scientists have proposed that the primitive life forms on terrestrial planets can be ejected into space from where they would be carried to the other planets, and moons of the Jupiter and...
View ArticleControversial Clues of Two ‘Goldilocks Planets’ That Might Support Life Are...
This image shows the location of the three planets remaining in 2014. Research published in 2014, led by Penn State astronomers, shows that two of the signals previously attributed to planets in the...
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