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NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to Earth

Kepler-452b and EarthThis artist’s concept compares Earth (left) to the new planet, called Kepler-452b, which is about 60 percent larger in diameter. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle Read more…

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015.  NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another “Earth.” 

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