Texas, Austin (BBN)-Astronomers have discover the first "sibling" of the Sun, a massive star that is located nearly 110 light years away in the Hercules constellation.

Discovered by astronomers at the University of Texas in Austin, the recently identified star "dubbed HD 162826" born from the same cloud of gas & dust and has the same chemical configuration as our Sun, reports French Tribune.com.

The researchers also estimated that the new star could host life-supporting planets and thus extraterrestrial life too.

However, the HD 162826 is nearly 15 percent bigger than the Sun as well as slightly hotter.

Astronomer Ivan Ramirez, who led the study, said in a statement that the study of the new star could help them know more about the early solar system.

Speaking on the topic, Ramirez said, "We want to know where we were born. If we can figure out in what part of the galaxy the sun formed, we can constrain conditions on the early solar system. That could help us understand why we are here."

Astronomers have long been in search solar siblings, but prior to the detection of the HD 162826 they had little luck.

Encouraged by the detection of first sibling of the Sun, they are now planning to develop a better system to identify more solar siblings and create a road map for spotting them.

The details of the study will appear in the coming June 1 edition of the Astrophysical Journal.

BBN/ANS/AD-11May14-3:50pm (BST)