AS many readers will know, two earth-like planets were discovered by NASA’s Kepler Mission just before Christmas.

THE sky is filled with “hundreds of billions” of unknown planets, according to a study.

A NEW planet detected orbiting a star 600 light years away could have continents, oceans and life.

Nasa has found a new planet outside our solar system which is eerily similar to Earth in key aspects.

SCIENTISTS have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way.

FIVE potential Earth twins with conditions capable of supporting life have been discovered orbiting Sun-like stars.

Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe.

A new space telescope has started taking pictures of the star-filled patch of sky where it will soon begin searching for Earth-like planets.

Nasa’s planet-hunting telescope, Kepler, rocketed into space early today on a historic voyage to track down other Earths in a faraway patch of the Milky Way.

ASTRONOMERS began the search for another Earth in earnest this morning with the launch of a powerful new space telescope.