- A Super-Earth was spotted near the galactic center, and it appears to be in the habitable zone of its star.
- The planet is larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and its star is just 10% as massive as our own Sun.
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If mankind ever does manage to make it off this planet in large enough numbers to sustain a civilization elsewhere, we’ll obviously want to find a world that is similar to Earth. Astronomers have already discovered a number of potential candidates that offer the slim hope of eventually becoming our “Earth 2,” and researchers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand just added another to the list.
It’s an exoplanet called Kepler-62f, and it’s a member of an exclusive group of “Super-Earths” that reside within the habitable zones of their respective stars. In the case of Kepler-62f, though, there are a number of questions that remain to be answered before we can declare it suitable for life.
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Astronomers spot tempting ‘Super-Earth’ in a nearby star system originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 13 May 2020 at 23:02:17 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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