Kepler telescope discovers another 554 possible planets
Data dive adds eight worlds that might be able to host life
CHANCE OF LIFE The Kepler telescope has confirmed eight more exoplanets in the habitable zones of their stars, including two which are probably rocky.
NASA AMES, SETI INSTITUTE, JPL-CALTECH
SEATTLE — The Kepler space telescope has added 554 planet candidates to the growing list of worlds beyond the solar system, astronomers announced January 6 at the American Astronomical Society meeting.