Astronomers on Monday added 219 candidates to the growing list of planets beyond the solar system, 10 of which may be about the same size and temperature as Earth, boosting the chances for life.Scientists found the planet candidates in a final batch of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope observations of ...

MIAMI: (APP) NASA’s Kepler telescope discovers over 1000 new planets The largest trove of planets outside our solar system -- 1,284 in all -- was announced Tuesday, more than doubling the number of known exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope, NASA said Tuesday. "This announcement ...