In about 5 billion years, our own sun is expected to transition into a white dwarf after expanding into a red giant, a phase that will consume Mercury and Venus, and potentially Earth and Mars.

The rocky planet, roughly twice Earth's size, has offered astronomers a glimpse of one of Earth’s possible futures — if it doesn’t get engulfed by our expanding sun.

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a new reconstruction of Earth’s deep past.

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 possible our planet might survive the death of the sun,

The discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf shows a possible future for Earth billions of years from now.