With NASA announcing it has located another planet similar to Earth, Twitter went into overdrive

FOLLOWING the huge news of NASA discovering a second Earth, Twitter provided some entertaining reactions.

This artist's rendering made available by NASA on Thursday, July 23, 2015 shows a comparison between the Earth, left, and the planet Kepler-452b. It is the first near-Earth-size planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a sun-like star, found using data from NASA's Kepler mission. The illustration represents one possible appearance for the exoplanet - scientists do not know whether the it has oceans and continents like Earth. (NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle via AP)

OVERNIGHT it was announced NASA had made an astonishing discovery of another planet that could potentially be capable of sustaining human life.

As expected, Twitter went into overdrive following the announcement with users sharing some amusing reactions to the news.

Here are some of our favourites.

"#Earth2 ? I prefer Earth 3.0" pic.twitter.com/3RcpUA4Oli

— mnrrnt (@Mnrrnt) July 23, 2015

Earth found a new friend. #kepler 452b is most earth-like planet ever discovered #Earth2 @NASAKepler @SPACEdotcom pic.twitter.com/a0OHLVmFS5

— ScienceBoard (@ScienceBoard) July 23, 2015

@ScreenSlate @dashflanagan @SpectacleNYC it was #earth2 all along... pic.twitter.com/0rd2YgC4dU

— rarer borealis (@rarerborealis) July 23, 2015

Update: #NASA releases 1st image of newly-discovered planet #Kepler-452b: pic.twitter.com/iFy0RcKBtK

— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) July 23, 2015

Whenever someone talks about Earth 2.0, I just think of "Wall-E". 🌍 pic.twitter.com/rW8ZJw1lZq

— David Wriglesworth (@Wriggy) July 23, 2015

President of Kepler 452-b urges Earth to sign new Transgalactic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty #Keplerwatch pic.twitter.com/IqBnpJzEOd

— pmcrek (@PiratesForIndy) July 23, 2015

Had to visit my pal on Kepler 452-b to see the Aberdeen game on telly #keplerwatch pic.twitter.com/5XHGMv8EcV

— pmcrek (@PiratesForIndy) July 23, 2015