Kepler-452 b

An exoplanet 1,800 light-years away

Quick Stats

1.6 × Earth
1,800 light-years
Yes
2015
G-type

Kepler-452 b revolves around a Sun-like G-type star 1800 light-years from Earth, with a radius of 1.6 × Earth. Orbiting every 385 days at 1.05 AU, it lies in the habitable zone of a star remarkably similar to our own. Its host’s age and stability suggest long-term potential for liquid water and life-friendly conditions. As one of the most Earth-like discoveries around a main-sequence star, it endures in the Galactic Codex as a beacon of hope for familiar habitable worlds across the vast expanse of the universe.