Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Researchers confirm an exoplanet potentially capable of sustaining life. The planet has a mass six times that of Earth and orbits a star similar to our sun, located just 20 light years away.


None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/EverythingScience

Read more on:

Photo of Sun

Sun

Photo of Researchers

Researchers

Photo of Earth

Earth

Related news:

News photo

The Hidden World Beneath Earth’s Surface: New Research Reveals Astonishing Microbial Diversity Miles Underground

News photo

Is Methane the Key to Finding Life on Other Worlds?

News photo

1st supernovas may have flooded the early universe with water — making life possible just 100 million years after the Big Bang