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Earth's 'Bigger, Older Cousin': Scientists Hail Discovery Of Potentially Habitable Planet
Earth has an "older, bigger cousin" about 1,400 light years away, what officials say is the first planet known to be in a habitable zone orbiting a Sun-like star, scientists said Thursday.