New Earth-sister Kepler 452b announced by NASA

[Mad scientist]

The ESAis also planning the PLATO observatory to discover and characterize rocky extrasolar planets:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_( spacecraft )

 

[Arctura]

A tragedy this planet is so far away. At this distance it's very difficult to analyze the planets properties and all we can do are assumptions about the surface and interior. There may yet be types of planets we know nothing about and hence we cannot say for sure if this planet is earth-like at all. But every discovery is a step towards new knowledge and so I am very glad we kno finally about a potential earth-like planet around a sun-like star. The other information on the website are very interesting. If one boldly assumes there evolved intelligent life on this planet, the civilization could be very likely ahead of us or already lost to extinction. Well, listening won't hurt anyone...

 

[Mad scientist]

If one boldly assumes there evolved intelligent life on this planet, the civilization could be very likely ahead of us or already lost to extinction. Well, listening won't hurt anyone...

A civilization could also be less advanced than us too. The planet may be older than Earth but live could have evolved later than it did here.

 

[2milehi]

Maybe they have a less annoying Cpt. T. Kirk.

Or less whiny members on their physics forums.