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Kepler-452b was detected by the Kepler Space Telescope, which has been tirelessly scanning the sky since 2009 in search of exoplanets. This discovery brings the total number of confirmed exoplanets to over 4,000, increasing the likelihood that there are many more potentially habitable worlds waiting to be found.
As technology advances and new telescopes are developed, scientists will continue to explore the vast expanse of the cosmos in search of answers to one of humanity’s greatest questions: are we alone in the universe? The discovery of Kepler-452b brings us one step closer to finding out.
