NASA Discovers Planet Similar To Earth

The search for planets that closely resemble Earth has yielded perhaps the closest match yet — according to a new report from NASA, the newly-discovered Kepler 186f planet (seen above in an artist’s concept) is nearly identical to our planet in some key ways. The planet is one of the closest in size to Earth that has been discovered, and it is also the right distance from its sun to be in the “habitable zone” — a distance that makes it possible for liquid water to pool on the surface of the planet.

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