When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

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 ...

NASA’s Kepler telescope has identified Kepler 452b, the most Earth like planet ever discovered, orbiting in the habitable zone of a sunlike star. This video explains why the find is so important, how ...

Back in 2015, astronomers announced the groundbreaking discovery of a world not too unlike our own – Kepler-452b. But a new study has cast doubt on whether the planet really exists. The rest of this ...

NASA's planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope, has just discovered Kepler-452b, a planet that scientists are calling "Earth 2.0." Scientists said in a press conference Thursday that they ...

What planet is most like Earth? Reseachers have identified several exoplanets similar to our planet, but none that are an exact twin. Learn how new technology could help aid in the search. Although ...

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NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered a “cousin” of Earth 1,400 light-years away. The exoplanet Kepler 452b orbits a sunlike star at about the same distance as Earth orbits the sun, scientists ...

NASA has discovered the answer to all of our problems. It is another planet, a possible twin to Earth that could theoretically sustain life. This revelation could be bigger than Columbus “discovering” ...