Wow…What Is Kepler 452b?

Here is a bit more about this exoplanet that is so similar to ours:

The planet is 1,400 light-years away from our Solar System and orbits a star astronomers call our Sun’s cousin. While this star is four percent more massive and ten percent brighter, the distance between it and Kepler 452b is approximately the same as Earth’s distance from the Sun. The planet itself has a radius 60 percent larger than Earth and is suspected to be rocky, with a thick atmosphere and a significant amount of water.

Depending on how you look at this it could be a minor discovery or one of the most important from NASA since the launch of the Hubble.

There is a video below and one of the comments from “Andy” has this opinion in regards to the distance:

“focus under 100 lights year from earth not 1400 light years ,are you guys nutts?”

Well I’m not sure I agree with it but can see where his logic is coming from as many would like to find a closer planet.  Although this one doesn’t seem that far, again depending on your perspective.

thanks to observer.com for the great info

thanks to SETI institute for the pic



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  3. Earnest Carroll Foster III said:

    This is there way of letting us know. But the thing is they have been knowing of this. And plenty of more to come…they don’t just wanna rip the bandaid off fast. Slowly so nothing is thrown into chaos

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  5. Tony Clark said:

    This, this is their big freaking announcement? Another earth-like planet so far away from us that no one will step foot on it.

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  6. Mumbles N Stumbles said:

    I stayed at the Holiday Inn last night and trust me! that other planet is going to the purest spirits happening here, you’re in the end of times so are we all ready I am see ya there, peace

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  7. Joe Sullivan said:

    We will never ever reach this planet. I’m sure there is life there tho. But if so how will this affect Christianity and the solidification of theory of evolution?

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  11. Austin Schulze said:

    It is far away but with advances in science we could yet reach it one day. People once said it would be impossible to make a flying machine out even leave the planet, what’s to say they’re isn’t a way of getting there we haven’t created yet

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  14. Luke Anthony Monasmith said:

    Earnest is absolutely right. but ill go further. these are the beginning slow steps to see how we react. in the end it will be revealed that not only have they found perhaps thousands of these planets, but we are also in contact with intelligences from some of these planets

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  17. Logan Lees said:

    Does that matter? no. This means that there’s a possibility that a non earth dweller may have already stepped upon the earth like planet and may quite possibly be living there.

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  18. JoeRay Darling said:

    I don’t think it’ll affect either one. Now people are different than beliefs. For instance Christian might freak out but it never states in the bible we are the only beings. I’m Christian and I fully support the fact that other intellectual life is out there.

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  25. Ken Trevino said:

    Hmmmmmmm… I have thought and said this many times every time I see articles like this ..
    But it makes me asks the question and it’s obvious ..
    Show the actual goddam picture of all is the findings and planets .. i am tired of all of the “ARTIST RENDITIONS”, of the planets. Show the actual image already … this is ridiculous!

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  33. Dre Vaksdal said:

    Hell if I know. But that’s the thing… the fact it’s just a theory and no one has proven it… but my question is what else is being lied about and why fake it?

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