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Nasa's kep lar's spacecraft has spotted a planet that is bigger and older. >> for more on this interstellar discovery, here is our joe. >> hello, earth, this is your long lost cousin in the sear. for a world like ours a break through for star gazers from a galaxy far far away. this is kep lar 452 b. distant relative a little larger, 60% bigger to be exact and more than a billion years older. but it's the distinct similarities between these planets which have nasa scientists extremely excited. it is located within the so-called habitable zone. just like our planet it sit in the area around a su...