SPACE// Kepler 452b is an alien world recently examined by astronomers that may be a near-twin of the Earth. Researchers from NASA and other scientific organisations believe this explanet may, however, be older and larger than our home planet. Kepler 452b is the first Earth-like planet ever discovered orbiting an alien star within that body’s habitable zone. This region, also known as “The Goldilocks Zone”, is the distance from a star where conditions are neither too hot, nor too cold to make life likely. Analysis of Kepler 452b could bring astronomers one step closer to finding life in an alien solar system.