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Extra! New Earth-Like Planet Found

“The Earth has a cousin!” writes Canadian daily newspaper La Presse on the front-page headline of its Friday edition after NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-425b, one of the most Earth-like exoplanets identified so far. The planet was named after Kepler, the space telescope whose data enabled the discovery. Described as “Earth’s bigger, older cousin” […]

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By The Numbers: Earth’s Hot Twin, Iraqi Toll, Art Loot

Iraq’s rising death toll, a Nazi art stash recovery and other events of the past seven days are summed up by the numbers… (cover photo: Jorge Franganillo)

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