--- title: NASA Kepler Finds 10 More Potentially Habitable Planets description: NASA’s Kepler team added 219 new planets candidates to its catalog, 10 of which are potentially habitable and revealed other new discoveries canonical: https://time.com/4824143/nasa-kepler-habitable-planets/ author: Yifan Wang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-19T21:10:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:13:07.224Z article:section: Science og:title: NASA Kepler Finds 10 More Habitable Planet Candidates og:description: "How many planets like our Earth are in the galaxy?" og:url: https://time.com/4824143/nasa-kepler-habitable-planets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fe78d9d3069bb23/6988d256196cf45435040ab3/nasa-kepler-mission-catalog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5570 og:image:height: 3133 og:image:alt: Sun over Earth, artwork og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: NASA Kepler Finds 10 More Habitable Planet Candidates twitter:description: "How many planets like our Earth are in the galaxy?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fe78d9d3069bb23/6988d256196cf45435040ab3/nasa-kepler-mission-catalog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # NASA Discovers 10 Potential Planets That May Be Habitable > Sponsored content. 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Of those, 50 have now been flagged as [potentially habitable](http://time.com/4738515/nasa-enceladus-europa-moons-life/) because they are similar in size to [Earth](http://time.com/4677103/nasa-announcement-new-solar-system/) and 30 have been verified, [NASA announced](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-releases-kepler-survey-catalog-with-hundreds-of-new-planet-candidates) from its Ames Research Center in California. “This carefully-measured catalog is the foundation for directly answering one of astronomy’s most compelling questions – how many planets like our Earth are in the galaxy?” said Susan Thompson, a Kepler research scientist and lead author of the study. The 10 new potential planets could be rocky, and orbit in a range called the “habitable zone,” which means there could be liquid water on their surfaces. The Kepler spacecraft will continue its mission to search for new potential planets and collect information about the galaxy. 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