Scientific looking the Universe have found a new solar system around Kepler-62. and there is at least five planets which orbit around the star. But the great news is that and two of them are Earth-sized and orbit the star in its habitable zone.
The two planets, called Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, are both bigger
than Earth, but not by much; they are 1.6 and 1.4 times the Earth’s
diameter, respectively. Kepler-62e orbits the star every 122 days, while
Kepler-62f, farther out, takes about 267 days.
Given the temperature and size of the parent star, this means that
both planets are inside the zone around the star where water on the
surface could be a liquid.
One of the reasons the scientific look out into the Universe is to learn more
about ourselves. Certainly, finding planets that are different than ours
provides us with context, a there-but-for-the-grace-of-God-go-we sort
of perspective.
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