On 23rd July 2015, NASA astronomers announced that they had found an Earth-like planet named as Kepler-452b, roughly 1,400 light years away.
It is said that the planet has habitable zone means it is at the distance at which water can pool on the surface of a planet.
Kepler-452b is roughly 60 percent larger in diameter than Earth but still has a good chance of being rocky like Earth.
The planet takes 385 days to orbit its star.
It has a probable mass five times that of Earth, and its surface gravity is twice Earth's, though calculations of mass for exoplanets are only rough estimates.
The planet was discovered by The Kepler spacecraft which was launched in 2009 to collect and transmit data on potential Earth-like planets.
It is said that the planet has habitable zone means it is at the distance at which water can pool on the surface of a planet.
Kepler-452b is roughly 60 percent larger in diameter than Earth but still has a good chance of being rocky like Earth.
The planet takes 385 days to orbit its star.
It has a probable mass five times that of Earth, and its surface gravity is twice Earth's, though calculations of mass for exoplanets are only rough estimates.
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