Kepler-452b may be Earth’s close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien experience…

A group of pioneers magically transported to the surface of Kepler-452b — which is the closest thing to an “Earth twin” yet discovered — would instantly realize they weren’t on their home planet anymore.

Kepler-452 is 60 percent wider than Earth and probably about five times more massive, so its surface gravity is considerably stronger than the pull people are used to here.

« Any hypothetical explorers would thus feel about twice as heavy on the alien world as they do on Earth» researchers said.

Bad news from Earth 2.0 😦

 

source: Scientific American