... Kepler 78b: Earth Sized Planet Discovered . ... Even though Kepler-78b is only slightly larger than the Earth, it should not exist. ... Yesterday, however, the Sun rose partly eclipsed by the Moon as seen from much of the eastern North American and northern South America. ... Only a few light-nanoseconds from planet Earth, The Smoke Nebula is not an expanding supernova remnant along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, though it does look a lot like one. Night on a Spooky Planet . ...