Kepler - 452b: Alien Abode or new home for Mankind?

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Ever thought of getting your car's shockers tested? Well if not do it now, its time to ride on Kepler- 425b. A magnificent planet discovered which is about 1400 light years away from our home is a new destination for interstellar enthusiasts. A plant that is in the habitable zone (i.e. a distance from the sun which any plant has to support life) is the new area of interest for the scientists. A planet with rock terrain and at a distance to support life from sun is also said to carry moisture and likely water on it surface. The big question, Can we reach it Now? 

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Know as Earth 2.0 by some scientists Kepler-452b has taken aback people by shock as alien conspiracy theories gain weight and belief of existence of life beyond our solar system appears to be true by some percentage now. But for the fact that the plant is said to be around 1400 light years away we can see the planet as of 1400 years back in the past and knowing its current state is impossible with the technologies we possess currently, we do not know weather it exists currently or if there has been some fatal changes in the solar system it is spotted which is the Cygnus constellation. The current highest speed achieved a spacecraft known as New Horizons it would take us more than 30 million years to reach this planet. 

It could be a big possibility that its already home to a different species and it could be there might be some smart beings like us already living on that planet or may be even smarter than us, there could also only be bacteria or some new kind of virus which could be immediately fatal to us. But still its a long way to have a technology to reach there and we aren't going there anytime soon.