Thursday, 18 April 2013

Kepler discovers smallest habitable-zone Earth-like planets to date



NASA has announced that the Kepler space probe has discovered two planetary systems that include the smallest planets yet found that lie in the "habitable zone." The systems include three super-Earth size planets, with one of them being a habitable-zone exoplanet that is the closest in size to Earth yet discovered. .. Continue Reading Kepler discovers smallest habitable-zone Earth-like planet to date

Section: Space

Tags: Exoplanet, Habitable zone, Kepler Mission, NASA, Spacecraft, Super-Earth

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