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Five worlds, some almost right…

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Sci Fi Engineer

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The newly discovered planets named Kepler-62e and -f are super-Earths in the habitable zone of a distant sun-like star. The largest planet in the image, Kepler-62f, is farthest from its star and covered by ice. Kepler-62e, in the foreground, is nearer to its star and covered by dense clouds. Closer in orbits a Neptune-size ice giant with another small planet transiting its star. Both habitable-zone planets may be capable of supporting life. Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-astrophysicists-five-planet-earth-like-exoplanet.html#jCp

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