On July 23, 2015, NASA announced the discovery of the first truly Earth-like planet. This find comes thanks to the Kepler Space Telescope , which was launched in March of 2009 and has been planet ...

NASA announced a major milestone in the quest for life in the universe Monday: The discovery of another planet close enough to the sun it orbits to potentially support life. Called Kepler-22b, the ...

NASA discovery of planet remarkably like ours gives hope for 'second Earth' Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

The first discovery of a second Earth will likely be another watershed moment for her and many, she said. "An Earth analogue has different implications," she said.

PASADENA (CBS)— NASA announced a major milestone in the quest for life in the universe Monday: The discovery of another planet close enough to Earth that it could support life. The planet ...

Like Earth, it’s made of rock. “This is a historic discovery,” said Geoff Marcy of the University of California, Berkeley, at a press conference introducing the new planet. (See pictures of ...

Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 25, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 01 / 230110151046.htm ...

Kepler 452b will forever be remembered as the first "second Earth," or what NASA refers to as "Earth 2.0," ever discovered: Illustration of Kepler 452b. NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle ...

Scientists announced Thursday the discovery of Kepler-452b, shown here in an artist's rendering. It's being called Earth 2.0 because it shares so many similarities with our planet. NASA Ames/JPL ...

With half the mass of Earth, the newly discovered planet is one of the lightest among the nearly 5000 exoplanets known today. ... GJ 367 b therefore cannot be considered a ‘second Earth’.