This story was updated at 10:16 p.m. ET. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. SEATTLE — Astronomers announced the discovery today (Jan.

SEATTLE — When astronomers announced Jan. 10 the discovery of Kepler-10b, they described the alien world as “unquestionably rocky.” Scientists have announced other rocky exoplanets in the past, but ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. So far in the search for life elsewhere in the universe, astronomers have found scores of large planets.

SEATTLE – NASA has discovered the smallest planet ever seen beyond our solar system – a rocky world just 1.4 times larger than Earth – using its planet-hunting Kepler observatory. Subscribe to read ...

And what constitutes an “earthlike planet” anyway? The Kepler Space telescope has found a small, rocky planet, the smallest yet found orbiting a star outside our solar system, the Kepler team ...

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The first rocky exoplanet has been discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, according to the mission’s deputy science team leader Natalie Batalha. The planet is called Kepler-10b and has a density ...

A big, hot rock made its debut Tuesday. It's a planet orbiting a star 560 light-years away, and it is claimed to be the smallest planet discovered outside our solar system. Astronomers have found ...

"Kepler-10b is the smallest exoplanet discovered to date, and the first unquestionably rocky planet orbiting a star outside our solar system," said Natalie Batalha, Kepler's deputy science team leader ...

SEATTLE — Astronomers announced the discovery today (Jan. 10) of the first "unquestionably rocky" alien world — a planet called Kepler-10b. Scientists have announced other rocky exoplanets in the past ...