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  2. Kepler-452b - Wikipedia

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    Kepler-452b (sometimes quoted to be an Earth 2.0 or Earth's Cousin [4] [5] based on its characteristics; also known by its Kepler object of interest designation KOI-7016.01) is a candidate [6] [7] super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the inner edge of the habitable zone of the sun-like star Kepler-452 and is the only planet in the system discovered by the Kepler space telescope.

  3. A potentially habitable Earth-size planet was discovered just ...

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    The planet is about the size of Venus, so slightly smaller than Earth, and may be temperate enough to support life, the researchers said. Dubbed Gliese 12 b, the planet takes 12.8 days to orbit a ...

  4. TOI-715 b - Wikipedia

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    TOI-715 b is a super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of its parent M-type star, TOI-715. [1] [2] [3] The planet is 1.55 times larger than Earth, and is located at 0.083 astronomical units (12,400,000 km) from its star. [4] The planet orbits in the habitable zone of its star and has an equilibrium temperature of 234 K (−39 °C). [4]

  5. Scientists find Earth-like planet that could be home to alien ...

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    Scientists have found a new Earth-like planet that could support alien life – just 40 light-years away. The planet is a remarkable discovery in the search for habitable worlds: it is slightly ...

  6. Mysterious Earth-sized planet could be hiding in plain sight ...

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    If such a planet exists, researchers say it would have a mass about 1.5 to 3 times that of Earth with an inclination of about 30 degrees. They say the theorised planet’s orbit would likely place ...

  7. List of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope

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    The exoplanets were found using a statistical technique called "verification by multiplicity". 95% of the discovered exoplanets were smaller than Neptune and four, including Kepler-296f, were less than 2 1/2 the size of Earth and were in habitable zones where surface temperatures are suitable for liquid water.

  8. Gliese 581c - Wikipedia

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    The team released a paper of their findings dated 27 April 2007, published in the July 2007 journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. [1] At the time of discovery, it was reported to be the first potentially Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of its star [5] [6] and the smallest-known exoplanet around a main-sequence star, but on 21 April 2009, another planet orbiting Gliese 581, Gliese 581e ...

  9. Scientists say they have found evidence of an unknown planet ...

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    Scientists say they have found new evidence that there is a hidden planet in our solar system. For years, some astronomers have been suggesting that unusual behaviour on the edge of our solar ...