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 ...

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 ...

We are one step closer to answering the grand question of whether or not we're alone in the universe, NASA announced in a news conference Thursday. The agency presented the discovery of the first ...

Kepler-452b is the first Earth-like planet to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun. Kepler-452b is the first Earth-like planet to be found in the habitable zone of star ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. The Kepler mission has confirmed the first ...

Kepler 452b is an alien world recently examined by astronomers that may be a near-twin of the Earth. Researchers from NASA and other scientific organizations believe this explanet may, however, be ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate ...

If Kepler 452b applied for the position of most Earthlike exoplanet, it would boast an impressive résumé. The newly discovered world (illustrated above) mimics our planet with a 385-day orbit around a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a writer specializing in physics, astronomy, and related topics. What do we mean when we talk about "another Earth"? That's a ...