Sentences with phrase «confirmed planet outside our solar system»
An artist's conception of Kepler - 22b, a planet 600 light years away from Earth, and the first confirmed planet outside our solar system that could conceivably harbor life as we know it.
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The new planet haul is the biggest yet, bringing the number of confirmed worlds outside our solar system over 3200 - and edges us closer to knowing how many stars host other Earths
That's why, ever since astronomers confirmed the first planet outside of our solar system in 1995, they have been looking for signs of water on the 200 - plus exoplanets now known.
Scientists from Princeton University and NASA have confirmed that 1,284 objects observed outside Earth's solar system by NASA's Kepler spacecraft are indeed planets.
The planet, which is about 1.6 times the size of Earth, is also the nearest confirmed rocky planet outside our solar system.
Astronomers have confirmed that an object that recently passed by our planet is from outside our Solar System — the first interstellar asteroid that's ever been observed.