NASA's Kepler spacecraft, launched in 2009 on a mission to search for exoplanets, is in a safe mode amid concerns the spacecraft may be finally running out of fuel. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA’s ...

A NASA team began efforts to revive the ailing Kepler telescope on Thursday, sending commands to two failed “reaction wheels” that help the craft focus its equipment on distant stars. According to a ...

MIDLAND, Texas — Oil and gas are not the only reason folks are visiting Midland these days. More and more people are coming here from the space industry. On Monday, former astronaut, Terry Virts, ...

Kepler isn't dead after all. Launched in 2009, the famous space telescope tasked with finding Earth-like planets has identified more than 1,000 exoplanets among 4,175 candidates it's discovered. After ...

Some of those exoplanets found by NASA's Kepler spacecraft are teeming with life - at least in the fictional visits to them compiled by Kepler project scientist Steve Howell. Howell, known to ...

PCMag Analyst Tony Hoffman presents the latest in planet hunting news related to the Kepler mission, and offers a personal account of helping to find a Planet Hunters exoplanet candidate. Since 2004, ...

It’s official: NASA has given the Kepler spacecraft’s mission makeover the go-ahead, turning it from a pure planet-hunting endeavor to an exploratory venture to study a wide range of celestial objects ...

Though it's impossible to own a star, now you can adopt one. A new program offers people a chance to "adopt" one of the stars in a catalogue of targets where scientists hope to find Earth-like ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's prolific Kepler spacecraft is back in action, a year after being sidelined by an equipment ...