Double Earth-Size Exoplanet Found In System's Habitable Zone

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A star (Kepler 296 system) about half the size of our Sun is harboring at least 5 planets. It is not yet known if the outermost planet, in the habitable zone (green area in video), called Kepler-296f, is a gas or water world.

Credit: NASA/AMES/Kepler

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