NPR: Kepler-452b https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=425627638 Kepler-452b en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:07:08 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Kepler-452b https://www.npr.org/tags/425627638/kepler-452b Earth's 'Bigger, Older Cousin' Maybe Doesn't Even Exist In 2015, to great fanfare, NASA announced a planet discovery considered a milestone in the hunt for another Earth. But now some researchers say it's not clear that this planet actually exists. Fri, 11 May 2018 12:44:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/11/609840337/earths-bigger-older-cousin-maybe-doesnt-even-exist https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/11/609840337/earths-bigger-older-cousin-maybe-doesnt-even-exist In 2015, to great fanfare, NASA announced a planet discovery considered a milestone in the hunt for another Earth. But now some researchers say it's not clear that this planet actually exists.

]]> Nell Greenfieldboyce Kepler Telescope Introduces Earth To A Very Distant Cousin The spacecraft has detected the nearest thing to Earth yet discovered — a planet that's a bit bigger and squarely inside the "habitable zone" for life. Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:35:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/23/425631594/kepler-telescope-introduces-earth-to-a-very-distant-cousin https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/23/425631594/kepler-telescope-introduces-earth-to-a-very-distant-cousin

The spacecraft has detected the nearest thing to Earth yet discovered — a planet that's a bit bigger and squarely inside the "habitable zone" for life.

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