CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have found a planet way out in the cosmos that’s close in size and content to Earth — an astronomical first. But hold off on the travel plans. This rocky world is so ...

Every year in early January, Earth reaches the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, a moment astronomers call perihelion.

A spacecraft en route to the frozen moons of Jupiter has taken a very close look at Earth, and found that our homeworld is, in fact, habitable. Of course, we know that life is crawling around on Earth ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store for Earth billions of years from now - showing it is ...

WASHINGTON, DC (REUTERS) – The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned-out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store for Earth billions of years from now – showing ...

The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of years in the future, when the sun has turned ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DALLAS (AP) — NASA’s Voyager 1, the most ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no danger to the planet.

DALLAS (AP) — NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is sending science data again. Voyager 1’s four instruments are back in business after a computer problem in November, the Jet ...