In this artistic rendering, the planet Kepler-438b is shown in front of its violent parent star as it is being regularly irradiated by huge flares, which renders the planet uninhabitable. (University of Warwick) Located some 470 light years away from the Earth in the constellation Lyra, Kepler-438b has been dubbed the most Earth-like exoplanet since its discovery by NASA earlier this year. Orbiting... 

An artist’s rendering of what Kepler 438b may look like. Harvard scientists have discovered the most earth-like planet ever in the Lyra constellation, some 470 light years away. Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) made the announcement at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle on Tuesday. Kepler 438b is slightly bigger than Earth and is in the orbit...