NASA Discovers Earth's 'Bigger, Older Cousin'
- 9 years ago
NASA recently announced that the Kepler mission has confirmed the existence of a planet that’s closest match to our own known to date.
Astronomers have long been searching the universe for a planet similar to our own.
On Thursday, NASA announced that the Kepler mission has confirmed the existence of closest match known to date.
It’s called Kepler-452b and is located in the constellation Cygnus.
The distance between it and Earth is roughly 1,400 light-years.
It shows similarities in size, distance from its sun, and orbit duration.
The likenesses are close, but not exact.
Kepler-452b is roughly 60 percent larger than Earth, and the distance between it and its parent star is approximately 5 percent greater.
Those two factors contribute to it taking 20 d
Astronomers have long been searching the universe for a planet similar to our own.
On Thursday, NASA announced that the Kepler mission has confirmed the existence of closest match known to date.
It’s called Kepler-452b and is located in the constellation Cygnus.
The distance between it and Earth is roughly 1,400 light-years.
It shows similarities in size, distance from its sun, and orbit duration.
The likenesses are close, but not exact.
Kepler-452b is roughly 60 percent larger than Earth, and the distance between it and its parent star is approximately 5 percent greater.
Those two factors contribute to it taking 20 d