NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered three more exoplanets in the habitable zone of their solar system to add to our growing tally.
MoreDibs. We just called dibs.
MoreTwo months after the first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of a sun-like star and one month after the first discovery of the two exoplanets similar in size to Earth (Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, pictured above), researchers using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii and public data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the smallest exoplanets yet.
MoreJust a few weeks after the first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of a sun-like star, NASA announced another record-breaking discovery.
MorePreviously, the only two confirmed exoplanets in the habitable zone of their star (where liquid water could exist) were orbiting the same red dwarf star.
More