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NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted something pretty nifty: "Earth's bigger, older cousin." The Earth-size planet, Kepler-452b, was found circling a sun-like star in an orbit that takes 385 days. The ...

Kepler 452b (right) is about 60 per cent larger in diameter than Earth (Artist’s impression: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle) Meet Kepler 452b, Earth’s new alien cousin. This rocky planet is the first alien ...

07:15, Fri, Jul 24, 2015 Updated: 07:46, Fri, Jul 24, 2015 So what do we know about it so far? 1. Kepler-452b is the first exo-planet found which is orbiting a similar star to our sun, known as a ...