This orbit would enable Kepler to keep itself trained ... The following year, continuing analysis turned up Kepler-452b, only 60% larger in diameter than Earth and likely rocky, was discovered ...

Kepler-452b was hailed as Earth’s “cousin” due to its location in the habitable zone and Earth-like size. But its surface may be uninhabitable. Scientists have identified four major problems ...

The things we witness are turning into inner landscapes. Fragments of conversations become collective thoughts and somewhere in the distance, Kepler 452b is orbiting a sun that is warmer than ours.

A selection of exoplanets that orbit in the habitable zone around their stars — where water can sit in liquid form on the surface. From left: Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-452b, Kepler-62f ...