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NASA finds most Earth-like planet yet as Kepler 452b hints at alien life

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...
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NASA announces discovery of 'Earth 2.0'

NASA's planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope, has just discovered Kepler-452b, a planet that scientists are calling "Earth 2.0." Scientists said in a press conference Thursday that they ...
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Kepler Finds 12 Earth-sized Worlds In Stellar Habitable Zones

Scientists analyzing four years of data from NASA’s Kepler mission have released a new catalog of exoplanet candidates. The catalog adds more than 500 new possible planets to the 4,175 already found ...
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Earth Is A Little Less Lonely: NASA Discovers Its ‘Bigger, Older Cousin’

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Cal Thomas: Earth to Kepler-452b

NASA has discovered the answer to all of our problems. It is another planet, a possible twin to Earth that could theoretically sustain life. This revelation could be bigger than Columbus “discovering” ...