It’s Official: NASA Scientists Discovered Another Earth
It’s Official: Scientists Discovered A "Second Earth"
Astronomers have discovered a planet nearly the same size as Earth that orbits in its star’s habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on its surface, a new study said.
The presence of liquid water also indicates the planet could support life.
This newly found world, Kepler-1649c, is 300 light-years away from Earth and orbits a star that is about one-fourth the size of our sun.
What’s exciting is that out of all the 2,000 plus exoplanets that have been discovered, this world is most similar to Earth both in size and estimated temperature, NASA said.
This exoplanet is...
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When all the data were put together, they held a surprise. Clear and bright, there was the exoplanet they expected to see, TYC 8998-760-1 b. But, at a much greater distance of 320 astronomical units, the astronomers found another bright dot.
Careful analysis and comparison of images taken at different times revealed this wasn’t a star or glitch, but a second, smaller exoplanet, clocking in at about six times the mass of Jupiter. It’s been named TYC 8998-760-1 c.