Kepler 452-B, The Earth-Like Planet Discovered by NASA

NASA scientists have identified a planet similar to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbour life, on Thursday. NASA officials announced their discovery from California after observing the planet from NASA's Kepler space telescope. This older, bigger cousin to Earth has been called Kepler-452b. According to NASA, the earth-sized planet is located approximately 1,400 lights years from earth in the constellation Cygnus.