Discovered a planet very similar to Earth



Astronomers have discovered a planet which, according to them, similar to the Earth than any other known to science.
The planet, dubbed «Kepler-186f», located in the so-called "habitable zone" - the right distance from the star, where there are favorable conditions for the emergence zhizni.

There's not too cold and not too hot, and scientists believe that the planet's surface may be water in liquid form - this is the key condition for the possibility of the development of living organisms. The star around which the planet turns, lies about 500 light-years from Zemli.

The star slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun, and the planet, on the other hand, slightly more than the Earth - about one-tenth.

Source: mirfactov.com/

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