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    The researchers announced their discovery on Thursday based on the observations from NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The newly discovered planet, called Kepler-452b, is the smallest to date found orbiting in the habitable zone of a distant star—the area where the water considered essential for life could exist. Based on available data, the planet is most likely rocky, about 60% larger than Earth and about 1.5 billion years or so older, the researchers said. So far, there is no evidence that it has an atmosphere. The researchers don’t know the planet’s mass, but speculated that its gravity may be twice that on Earth.
    Last edited by MiniGupta; 07-24-2015, 12:29 PM.
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