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 ...

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 ...

Kepler 452b appears to have many similarities to Earth, but is 1,400 light years away. Astronomers hunting for another Earth have found the closest match yet—a potentially rocky planet circling its ...

The Kepler probe's focus is on finding another habitable planet. — -- NASA says we're on our way to discovering Earth 2.0. The Kepler Space Telescope has located a planet and star closely ...

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 observations from NASA's Kepler ...

It's been about twenty years since the discovery of the first definitive proof that there are planets outside our solar system, and today NASA has revealed that it has found the first near-Earth-sized ...

Inching ahead on their quest for what they call Earth 2.0, astronomers from NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft announced Thursday that they had found what might be one of the closest analogues to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A selection of exoplanets that orbit in the habitable zone around their stars — where water can ...