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CAPE CANAVERAL — Scientists have identified a "close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life.
"It is the closest thing that we have to another place that somebody else might call home," said Jon Jenkins from NA

This artist's rendering made available by NASA on Thursday, July 23, 2015 shows a comparison between the Earth, left, and the planet Kepler-452b. It is the first near-Earth-size planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a sun-like star, found using data from NASA's Kepler mission. The illustration represents one possible appearance for the exoplanet - scientists do not know whether the it has oceans and continents like Earth.
Scientists find closest thing yet to Earth-sun twin system
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