NASA’s Kepler Discovers The First ‘Earth Sized’ Planet In The Habitable Zone of Another Star

By Sam bot on February 12, 2015 astronomy, kepler, nasa, planets, space, telescope Science, Stories, Videos

VIA “nasa.gov” Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone” — the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that planets the size of Earth exist in the […]