NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also identified as the Goldilocks zone, is the area around a star within which planetary-mass objects with enough atmospheric pressure can sustain liquid water at their surfaces.
In addition to Kepler-186f, there are 4 other planets that circle a nearby star within the Kepler-186f system. What this means is that if the neighbouring star to this planet is just like our Sun, then the likelihood of life on this planet exponentially increases.
While it has been projected that there are at least 40 billion Earth-sized planets circling in our Milky Way Galaxy, this specific finding is labelled the first Earth-sized planet to be discovered in the habitable zone of another star.
What does this mean?
In addition to Kepler-186f, there are 4 other planets that circle a nearby star within the Kepler-186f system. What this means is that if the neighbouring star to this planet is just like our Sun, then the likelihood of life on this planet exponentially increases.
“We know of only one planet where life survives – Earth. When we hunt for life outside our solar system, we emphasis on discovering planets with features that mimic that of Earth,” said Elisa Quintana, research scientist at the SETI Institute at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., and lead author of the paper published in the journal Science. “Discovering a habitable zone planet similar to Earth in size is a major breakthrough.”
The neighboring star to Kepler-186f has half the mass and size as our solar system’s Sun and only gets one-third of the energy that we get from our Sun. Kepler-186f circles its star once every 130 days.
Congratulations, you've finally found who's been coming to visit. You'll never get there in your time....
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DeleteNASA isn't the one polluting our planet and killing people. Direct your blame at the people who are really responsible.
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DeleteAnonymous is from Keplar. Clearly they don't want us ever coming there and ruining their planet too.
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DeleteLook at the life that manages to exist in the extreme zones on earth and then imagine the greater # of planets that would be capable of sustaining some form of life.
ReplyDeleteSpace is the future for survival and we need to wrap our minds around that fact. The Earth will someday be no more. The Sun gets hotter and in Nova stage will someday blow up and puff, the Earth will be no more. Hopefully we would have made it possible for generations to come to survive out there somewhere. It will have to happen or everything we worked for on Earth was just a big waste. Space is the final frontier...
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DeleteSo what, we trash this place and think we'll just find another?
Get it RIGHT here first, or else we take our inner and outer filth with us!
Besides, it won't be "our" future, but of those with ridiculously mega bucks. We'll do all the literally dirty work for them, but we'll be left behind in that dirt.
And the death of our nearest star(the sun( is so far off in time, that it's being a reason to go is really just BEYOND ridiculous
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ReplyDeleteI m sure that there are 6 more planets like earth
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ReplyDelete1/3 the energy? Not livable for humans.
ReplyDeleteWho says it has to be earth-like for life to exist? Maybe just "life as we know it".
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The governments and media tell us what we only need to know
Facebook is the start and end to control and tagging us all the world is small the power of man made energy when the system collapses we will all want to be in a new planet do you think the governments are not thaught of that
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These comments make me want to take the first shuttle to Kepler-186.
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DeleteDespite the negative responses to one another's comments. This is an astonishing find. Although the planet in question is so far away that the likelihood of reaching it, without first mastering the worm hole theory,is out of reach. With an open mind we have to realize that life elsewhere in the vast infinity of space is not only possible but highly likely. Fantastic discovery.
ReplyDeleteCan I PLEASE proofread your astronomical articles before you post them? And maybe the terrible code that made me scroll extra fast to get to the comments?
ReplyDeleteGALAXIES do NOT have a Goldilocks zone.
Third paragraph should say "we emphasize" not "we emphasis"
You can also edit someone else's quotes for grammar and clarity, as long as you still cite the source. "that mimic that of Earth" should be "that mimic those of Earth" or something which doesn't use "that" twice.
The caption above the video is nearly impossible to understand. Are you talking about the star or the planet?
I'm just saying, grammar can affect your credibility. I'll proofread because I love science and especially astronomy, but I won't do much for free.
Seriously, I'm not trying to offend anyone. The point is that I love science and I would like to see it be taken seriously by the reader. I could at least place the comment section above the infinitely loading links to other pages.
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DeleteI'm disappointed in the spelling and language used in the article. The language in the quote should either say "...we emphasize..." or "...with emphasis..." but cannot stand as posted. And the text just before the video refers to the neighboring star but the language suggests [it] only gets 1/3 of the energy we get from our sun. It gets energy from where? Presumably the message intends to say that the planet (Kepler-186f) is the body receiving that energy - not the neighboring star - but that is NOT what the text actually says. This sort of error is not a typ-o and is, instead, just confused writing. Posting a scientific announcement, let alone any analysis, should undergo better proofreading and consideration. That's just my take on it.
ReplyDeleteI just saw Ozaku's comments on the same issues. Yes - I agree. These things matter.
DeleteThank goodness. I was feeling so alone for so many centuries... I was never comfortable with this particular brand of humanity. Now that I know my home world has been identified, I am comforted and will now prepare to leave this Earth for the one where I'm originally from. Good bye and good luck, Earth People.
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ReplyDeleteis their technology same as ours or they getting high-tech, but not enough to inform us that they exist??? who knows
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ReplyDelete4,093 exoplanets have been found and confirmed so far, and around 17 found and confirmed that may be habitable. Yes, Kepler-186f is one of them.
DeleteOh! But life can't survive there, right? Thanks for this.
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