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Reymond Aguinaldo · @mondinspace
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Another .

On July 23, 2015, the has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a -like , called . This discovery and the introduction of 11 other small habitable zone candidate planets marked a milestone of searching for habitable .

Learn more about “Earth 2.0”: ⬇️

*photos of and Kepler-452b are artist’s concept

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Reymond Aguinaldo · @mondinspace
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’s extended mission, , focused on low-mass and has led to the discovery of hundreds of small , some even in the habitable zone of their stars. Together, Kepler and the K2 mission have found over 3,000 new .

Learn more about the missions: nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/

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Reymond Aguinaldo · @mondinspace
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…binary system, and the first Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of its star that orbits around an M-dwarf star that is about half the size of the .

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Reymond Aguinaldo · @mondinspace
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The mission was launched in 2009 specifically to search for these kinds of planets: -sized planets in Earth-like orbits around -like stars in order to study how common they are in the . The mission has made many amazing discoveries, such as an with the density of Earth, a in a…

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Photo: This artist’s concept compares (left) to the new planet, called .

considers this and its to be the closest analog to Earth and so far. Though it’s 60% larger than Earth in diameter, Kepler-452b is thought to be rocky and within the habitable zone of a G-type star similar to ours.

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Ansgar Schmidt :verified: · @Ansi
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Universe Today - An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars

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Ansgar Schmidt :verified: · @Ansi
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Universe Today - It's Confirmed. We now Know of More Than 5,000 Exoplanets

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