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Kepler finds new Earth-like planet 500 light-years away

NASA explanatory scientists announced Thursday that the Kepler Space Telescope has found an Earth-like planet in our galaxy. Elisa Quintana, exoplanet research scientist for the SETI Institute at NASA ...
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NASA’s Kepler telescope finds the closest copy of Earth to date

Earth just got a new cousin. NASA’s Kepler telescope has discovered a new planet that is the closest mimic of our celestial home ever known. Stare at the constellation Cygnus in the night’s sky, and ...