Learn about our Editorial Policies. “Today, the Earth is a little less lonely, because there’s a new kid on the block,” Jon Jenkins, the Kepler project’s data analysis lead, told reporters at a news ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA announced Tuesday it has discovered a planet that is a lot like Earth, and could possibly support life. Produced by Matthew Stuart Follow TI Video: On Facebook ...

Using NASA's planet-hunting space telescope, called Kepler, a team announced today that Kepler 452b is the most Earth-like planet every discovered in history. "This is about the closest ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form ... NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope 'Kepler' to discover ...