Mission news and discoveries
Assessment of NASA’s NExSS Research Coordination NetworkNovember 28, 2023
Scorching, Seven-Planet System Revealed by New Kepler Exoplanet List (NASA)November 03, 2023
Astronomers Discover Planets in NASA Kepler's Final Days of Observations (NASA)May 31, 2023
A Stormy, Active Sun May Have Kickstarted Life on Earth (NASA Goddard)May 03, 2023
What Would Happen if the Solar System had a Super-Earth?March 21, 2023
The Virtual Planetary Lab and Its Search for What Makes an Exoplanet Habitable, or Even InhabitedSeptember 23, 2022
The Search For Life: Are We Alone?June 21, 2022
Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 ExoplanetsMarch 21, 2022
Why Does Our Solar System Have No Super-Earths, and Other Questions for Comparative PlanetologyDecember 03, 2021
Natalie Batalha named as the UC Santa Cruz Presidential ChairJune 30, 2021
NASA’s Search for Life: Astrobiology in the Solar System and BeyondJune 25, 2021
Planetary Sleuthing Finds Triple-Star WorldJanuary 12, 2021
About Half of Sun-Like Stars Could Host Rocky, Potentially Habitable PlanetsOctober 29, 2020
How Many Habitable Zone Planets Can Orbit a Host Star?August 11, 2020
The Composition of Super-EarthsMarch 02, 2020
NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone WorldJanuary 07, 2020
Using Climate Science on Earth to Understand Planets Beyond EarthJanuary 03, 2020
Apply for "The PI Launchpad: From Science Idea to NASA Mission"September 25, 2019
ExoClimes V Presentations Now Available On-Demand!September 09, 2019
Superflares from a Solar-Type StarAugust 06, 2019
NExSS 2.0May 13, 2019
The Tricky Business of Finding ExocometsMay 07, 2019
Forming the Kepler-36 SystemApril 25, 2019
Searching for Life in the Great BeyondNovember 27, 2018
A Planet Near the Gap Between Super-Earths and Sub-NeptunesNovember 19, 2018
The Kepler Space Telescope Mission Is Ending But Its Legacy Will Keep Growing.November 07, 2018
NASA Retires Kepler Space Telescope, Passes Planet-Hunting TorchOctober 31, 2018
Exoplanet Science StrategySeptember 21, 2018
Habitability of Water WorldsSeptember 04, 2018
Small Planets around a Bright Young Field StarAugust 16, 2018
The Architecture of Solar SystemsJuly 13, 2018
Exoplanet Science Flying HighJuly 09, 2018
Know Thy Star, Know Thy PlanetMay 23, 2018
TESS: NASA's Next Planet Hunter Takes to the SkyApril 18, 2018
The Just-Approved European ARIEL Mission Will Be First Dedicated to Probing Exoplanet AtmospheresApril 02, 2018
New Clues to Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 PlanetsFebruary 06, 2018
Mars and Earth May Not Have Been Early NeighborsDecember 22, 2017
Artificial Intelligence Has Just Found Two Exoplanets: What Does This Mean For Planet Hunting?December 20, 2017
Atmospheric Beacons of Life from Exoplanets Around G and K StarsDecember 05, 2017
Furthering the Hunt for Habitable Planets with StatisticsSeptember 22, 2017
Kepler Has Taught Us That Rocky Planets Are CommonJuly 03, 2017
Kepler & K2 Science Conference (June 19-23, 2017)June 19, 2017
Could Earth’s light blue color be a signature of life?May 06, 2016
NASA’s Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery, Uncovers More Small Worlds in Habitable Zones January 06, 2016
NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to EarthJuly 22, 2015
Borucki Awarded 2015 Shaw PrizeJune 04, 2015
NASA’s NExSS Coalition to Lead Search for Life on Distant WorldsApril 24, 2015