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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Astronomers decoding signals from the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft have detected a far-distant planet more like Earth that is circling a star more like our sun than anything the searchers have ...

Earth just got a new cousin. NASA’s Kepler telescope has discovered a new planet that is the closest mimic of our celestial home ever known. Stare at the constellation Cygnus in the night’s sky, and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Announced on July 23, 2015, planet Kepler-452b is larger than Earth and orbits a star nearly ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Kepler-452b may be Earth's close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien ...