Kepler-186f is an extra-solar planet that may provide living conditions similar to those on Earth. Skip to main content. ... The Kepler-186 system contains four other planets, ...

But because Kepler-186 is a cooler star, about half the size of our sun, Kepler-186f is exposed to much more tolerable levels of solar heating even though it is relatively close to its sun.

Artist's concept of Kepler-186f Scientists using NASA’s Kepler telescope have found the first Earth-size planet orbiting its star at just the right distance for water to exist on its surface.

The alien planet Kepler-186f is a planet only slightly larger than Earth orbiting inside the habitable zone of its red dwarf star. See images and photos of the Kepler-186f planet discovery.

NASA scientists say the Kepler space telescope may have discovered the most “Earth-like” planet yet. Circling a star about 500 light-years away, planet Kepler 186-F may be the right ...

When NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009, its mission was clear: to explore the stars and uncover distant ...

Kepler-186 is an “M-dwarf” star 795 light years away that is smaller and cooler than the Sun. It is orbited by a family of five known planets. Kepler-186f, the latest to be discovered, is the ...

The new planet, discovered using NASA's Kepler telescope, is the fifth and outermost planet found orbiting in the habitable zone around the dwarf star Kepler-186. Advanced Search.

One of five planets orbiting a red dwarf star (called Kepler 186), Kepler-186f is 1.1 times wider than Earth. That means it's almost certainly a rocky planet too. The researchers estimate its mass ...