The Most Earth-Like Planets Ever Discovered

Are we truly alone in the universe, or is "Second Genesis" inevitable? In this investigation, we go behind the scenes of NASA’s Kepler mission to uncover the most Earth-like exoplanets ever detected. From the "Super-Earth" Kepler 452b to the sub-zero methane lakes of Titan and the geysers of...

53 min - Space & the Universe - Wonder

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