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NASA’s Kepler mssion discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth (VIDEO)

Rome, Italy - It has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “Habitable zone” around a sun-like star

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". The newly discovered Kepler-452b is the smallest planet to date discovered orbiting in the habitable zone -- the area aroun...

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Rome, Italy, 07/24/2015 14:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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