107.9 The River » earth http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Sat, 18 May 2013 02:21:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 13 Surprising Ways Earth Is Just Like Newly-Discovered Planet Kepler 22b http://theriver1079.com/earth-newly-discovered-planet-kepler-22b/ http://theriver1079.com/earth-newly-discovered-planet-kepler-22b/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:14:21 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=64422 We may not be alone. That’s the message from NASA, which says a new planet by the dorm room-sounding name of Kepler 22b has been discovered.Kepler 22b is reportedly a lot like Earth in that it orbits around a single star and may have water on its surface, indicating it may be the first planet with life on it ever discovered.

But did you know there are other similarities between the two? Here are some other features of Kepler 22b that are eerily similar to Earth:

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