The research suggests 452b has five times the mass of Earth, is about 1.5bn years older, and has a gravity about twice as powerful as our own.
About 1,400 light years away, Kepler 452b orbits a star similar to our sun, and at about the same distances as Earth orbits the sun, meaning it has a similar length year and exists in the “habitable zone” where liquid water can exist on a planet.
Jenkins said they suspect the planet is rocky, likely with active volcanoes, and has a thicker atmosphere with greater cloud cover than the Earth.
But although 452b has more in common with Earth than any exoplanet yet discovered, its star is 1.5bn years older, 4% more massive and 20% brighter than our own. As stars age they grow in mass and energy, casting more heat at the objects in their orbit.
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