Click Here to Read: NASA Says Data Reveals an Earth-Like Planet, Kepler 452b By Dennis Overbye in The New York Times on July 23, 2015.
An artist’s concept of Kepler 452b orbiting its star, 1,400 light-years from Earth. The planet’s size puts it right on the edge between being rocky like Earth and a gas ball like Neptune. Credit T. Pyle/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA