Kepler-452b may be Earth's close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien experience. A group of pioneers magically transported to the surface of Kepler-452b-- which is the ...

Astronomers digging through data from NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope say they have discovered the closest Earth-like “twin” circling another star ever found. The planet, called ...

Kepler 452b is an alien world recently examined by astronomers that may be a near-twin of the Earth. Researchers from NASA and other scientific organizations believe this explanet may, however, be ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have identified a "close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life. "It is the closest thing that we have to another place that ...

IT’S been dubbed Earth’s closest twin, but the instant you stepped out of your shuttle, you’d know you were not on Earth. This is life on Kepler 452b. Not a lot. But what we do know is enough to be ...

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A Nasa artist's depiction of the possible appearance of Earth 2.0 Nasa Perhaps it is a result of its rather uninspiring name that Kepler 452b – the new Earth-like planet that was revealed by Nasa this ...

NASA’s exoplanet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has spotted another Earth-like world. The space agency today announced the discovery of Kepler-452b, the smallest planet we’ve found yet orbiting inside a ...

The news that we may have a cousin in the universe — our new favourite planet, Kepler 452b — has a lot of people freaking out. But our species has dreamed of finding something like ourselves for a ...

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