Learn more about the Kepler-51 star system and some of the ''oddball" planets that reside there.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken the deepest look yet at Kepler-51d, an ultra-low-density exoplanet sometimes compared to cotton candy, and found that a thick atmospheric haze blocks nearly ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to capture the most detailed look yet at the atmosphere of Kepler-51d, a planet so lightweight it has been compared to cotton candy. The new data ...

How many exoplanets are in the cosmos and what can they tell us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an ...

Move over TRAPPIST-1 – there’s an exciting new planetary system in town. Meet Kepler-385, home to seven Super-Earths that were just discovered in existing data. Located about 4,670 light-years from ...

The unusual system of three “super puff” planets has at least one more planet, revealed by its gravitational tug on other planets An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density ...

A team of researchers led by Bill Cochran of The University of Texas at Austin has used NASA’s Kepler spacecraft to discover an unusual multiple-planet system containing a super-Earth and two ...

A team of astronomers has found the first transiting circumbinary multi-planet system: two planets orbiting around a pair of stars. This discovery shows that planetary systems can form and survive ...

The Kepler Telescope team has found a new rocky planet, one they describe as a “scorched, molten Earth.” The planet is about 2 times the size of Earth, and is very close to the Sun-like star Kepler-10 ...

Through the looking glass: Observations from NASA's Kepler mission ended in 2018, but scientists are still pouring over what it recorded. That data can include information about new solar systems and ...