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Topic: New Horizons: Probing Pluto to Kepler 186F (AP)

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posted 04-08-2015 04:15 PM

New Horizons: From Probing Pluto to Kepler 186F
by The Associated Press

Kepler-186f is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Kepler-186, about 490 light-years from Earth. It is the first planet with a radius similar to Earth's to be discovered in the habitable zone of another star. It was found by the Kepler Space Observatory launched by NASA in March 2009. Based on Kepler space mission data, there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like and red dwarf stars within the Milky Way. This may mean the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) may not be in vain.

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Publisher: AP Editions (July 20, 2015)
ISBN-10: 1633532437
ISBN-13: 978-1633532434

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