Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The coronavirus pandemic has been the focal point for almost everyone on the planet in 2020, but there have been a number of achievements this year for those looking beyond Earth. This illustration depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of a star similar to our Sun. Credits: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle JANUARY In January, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered its first Earth-sized planet in a star's "habitable zone," an area that could allow for liquid water to be on the surface.