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Could this be where the dead go to? NASA discovers Earths twin orbiting ‘cousin’ sun

USA: Astronomers hunting for another Earth have found what may be the closest match yet, a potentially rocky planet circling its star at the same distance as the Earth orbits the Sun, NASA said Thursday.

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