Are we one step closer to life on a second Earth in space? A new discovery of an earth-like planet could be the key.
Earth-like planets there are many in the universe. Now the Kepler space telescope has identified a candidate who is probably closest to a second Earth. Off to the spaceships?
Earth-like planets are discovered again and again
Astronomers around the world are constantly discovering Exoplanets, Earth-like planets and Super earth. Now a second earth specimen has been found that could come closest to our planet so far.
The earth twin Kepler-1649c has 1.06 times the earth’s radius and receives 75 percent of the light. Values that indicate a slightly cooler average temperature and are temptingly close to Earth. We owe the discovery to researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. They re-evaluated images of the Kepler space telescope, which was extremely successful in tracking down planets, and in the process encountered this earth-like planet.
It revolves around a so-called red dwarf, a star with a bright red color, which could confirm the researchers’ suspicion that these types of central stars could particularly often produce earth-like planets.
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