NASA found 10 more potentially habitable planets

To date, Kepler has discovered 4,034 planet candidates, 30 of which have been verified to be potentially habitable.

NASA says the latest data revealed two distinct size groupings of small planets, including rocky, Earth-size planets and gaseous planets similar in size to Neptune. The data is expected to serve as the foundation for future studies.

“This carefully-measured catalog is the foundation for directly answering one of astronomy’s most compelling questions—how many planets like our Earth are in the galaxy,” said Susan Thompson, Kepler research scientist.

The Kepler telescope has been on a tear lately, unveiling the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 system, which included seven Earth-size planets in our backyard.

You can learn much more about Kepler’s new data in the link down below.

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