Astronomers digging through data from NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope say they have discovered the closest Earth-like “twin” circling another star ever found. The planet, called ...

Kepler-452b may be Earth's close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien experience. A group of pioneers magically transported to the surface of Kepler-452b-- which is the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have identified a "close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life. "It is the closest thing that we have to another place that ...

NASA’s announcement of the discovery of a new extrasolar planet has been met with a lot of excitement. But the truth is that it is impossible to judge whether it is similar to Earth with the few ...

Scientists announced Thursday the discovery of Kepler-452b, shown here in an artist's rendering. It's being called Earth 2.0 because it shares so many similarities with our planet. NASA ...

The crew of The Ark (streaming now on Peacock) abandoned a dying Earth in pursuit of humanity’s new home on Proxima centauri b. That world does have one thing going for it, it’s nearby, orbiting the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASA said Thursday that its Kepler ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have identified a “close cousin” to Earth that’s orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life. The researchers announced their discovery Thursday based on ...

This artist’s concept depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of a star that is similar to our sun. On the day NASA ...

Artist's concept of the surface of the newfound exoplanet Kepler-452b, which is about 60 percent wider and five times more massive than Earth. This illustration imagines that a runaway greenhouse ...

Scientists announced Thursday the discovery of Kepler-452b, shown here in an artist's rendering. It's being called Earth 2.0 because it shares so many similarities with our planet. NASA ...