Kepler 452b News Today

During Medieval times almost all Christian theologians accepted the Ptolemaic earth centered Greek view of the universe as an absolute universal truth of both nature and religion. The Catholic Inquisition punished those who dared to voice other ideas. Fast forward to today, where there is a question of how extra-terrestrial life and religious beliefs may combine

Male lets call him frank. here he is on the screen. he weighs about 175 pounds or 80 kilograms. we determined on kepler 452b, the new, quote unquote habitle plan fete he would weigh roughly two times what he would weigh here on earth because gravity is about two times as strong. with all of that gravity weighing down on him it wont take long for him to walk around the planet and shed that weight osks. this particular planet is fascinating because its so far away. but its also met unique criteria...

We weigh twice as a much right? >> theres a lot of problems on this planet. we might need a back up option. >> kepler 452b, thats where i will meet you guys next. >> fascinating. >> thank you, derek. >> thank you for watching cnn i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. ♪ hows it progressing with the prisoner? hell tell us everything he knows very shortly, s...

Heres abcs david wright. >> reporter: in the world of astronomy, this is the holy grail, the nearest thing yet to another earth, kepler 452b circling a sun slightly brighter than our own, the discovery the second big news in a week from nasa. [ cheers and applause ] last week mission control burst into cheers as nasas new horizons gave us a close-up view of pluto, including an animated flyover of plutos icy mountains and plains. this new earth from the kepler space telescope launched six years a...

Than a billion years older. but its the distinct similarities between the planets which have nasa scientists extremely excited. its located within the so-called habitable zone. just like our planet kepler 452 b sits in an area around a sun-like star where water can exist on a planets surface. the year 385 days long e and nasa says theres every chance its surface is rocky. all of these qualities adding up to a potential recipe to broad life. >> 20, 30 years from now we will tell signatures of lif...

58-year-old white male. they believe he acted alone. seven moviegoers we understand at least seven, are wounded at a hospital. a bomb squad and the k-9 unit have been searching the suspects car and have detonated a suspicious package. we will have more on this breaking news story next hour. nasas space observatory has spotted what it calls earths bigger oldest kouzen. >> the first planet thats about the size of earth, found inhabitable zone in a star similar to our sun and for more on this int...