Earth-Like Planet Discovered by NASA
Discovery Accelerates Question of Life Beyond Earth Source: NASA Illustration Planet Kepler-1649c Have astronomers found another Earth? A team of international astronomers have discovered a planet the same size as the Earth. Like the Earth, the planet orbits its Sun Star. This exoplanet is called Kepler-1649c. Habitable The planet seems to have habitable regions. It is orbiting in its star's habitable zone. That is a region around the star where a rocky planet could support water. Remarkable Discovery The scientists discovered the Earth-like planet while using reanalyzed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope. Kepler was retired in 2018. Previous scans of the data with a computer algorithm misidentified the space object. Astronomers taking a hard look recognized it to be a planet. Space Specifics The planet is 300 light years away from the Eart...