NASA's Kepler Mission Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star
Exciting news!
Today, Dec. 5, 2011, NASA announced it's first planet found inside the "habitable zone" orbiting a star similar to our sun. Kepler also discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates. Of these, 10 are near-Earth size and orbit their star within the "goldilocks" zone. The latest discovery is called Kepler-22b, and is the smallest to be found in orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star similar to our own.
Today, Dec. 5, 2011, NASA announced it's first planet found inside the "habitable zone" orbiting a star similar to our sun. Kepler also discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates. Of these, 10 are near-Earth size and orbit their star within the "goldilocks" zone. The latest discovery is called Kepler-22b, and is the smallest to be found in orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star similar to our own.
It's unknown if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky, gaseous or liquid composition.
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