Friday, 18 April 2014

Woah, Earth's cousin?

A newly discovered planet nicknamed "Earth's cousin" has just been found 490 light-years from Earth.

NASA scientist are calling the planet Kepler-186f. The first Earth-size planet found in the habitable zone of its star. Only about 10 percent larger than Earth, Kepler-186f is the closest planet to Earth in size ever found in the habitable zone of its star. 
Read more about our Earth cousin here. Read it! It's really interesting.

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